LAN (Local Area Network)

= LAN (red local)

Def: Red de comunicaciones para ordenadores limitada a una zona pequeña, normalmente un edificio o conjunto de ellos.
Ex: A LAN (Local Area Network) is a communications network which normally operates in a restricted area and provides data transmission speeds often in excess of a million bits per second.

Rete locale (LAN)

A privately-operated communications system interconnecting computers and communications equipment over a limited geographic area, usually 5 miles or less. LAN's enable local resource -sharing (printers, files, etc.).

Es una red de área local, o grupo de ordenadores conectados entre sí dentro de una zona pequeña geográfica (generalmente en una misma ciudad, población, o edificio).

A network of interconnected computers in a reasonably small geographical area (generally in the same city or town or even building).