LAN

abbreviation for

1. local area network

LAN

/ lăn /

1. Short for local area network. A network that links together computers and peripheral equipment within a limited area, such as a building or a group of buildings. The computers in an LAN have independent central processing units, but they are able to exchange data with each other and to share resources such as printers.
2. See also client/server network

LAN

1. Acronym for l ocal a rea n etwork. This is a type of limited computer network that often exists within a company or organization, usually within a small geographical area.

Example Sentences

Inmates who were sentenced to death were called the living dead, with names like Dead Chang, Dead Lan, Dead Liu, and Dark Skin.

From The Daily Beast

The state news agency, LAN, put the death toll on both sides at only 22 with hundreds injured.

From The Daily Beast

"Yes, Uncle Lan," I assented, my mind divided between fear of him and eagerness to go.

From Project Gutenberg

Ole mars Jon had rudder de hoppergrasses wud kivver de hole lan, und de tarypin bugs too.

From Project Gutenberg

Fer de lan sake Hanner, run out here und kill dese heer snakes, und fetch my muskit along wid yu.

From Project Gutenberg

I beliebs dat when de good Lord sends trouble on dis here lan He's ergwine ter sen grace too.

From Project Gutenberg

If ol' Doc Bird's on the lan'scape, he hunts a hole an' he crawls in when Mr. Peth he begins to act up.

From Project Gutenberg