local area network

American  

Also LAN

noun

1. a system for linking private telecommunications equipment, as in a building or cluster of buildings.

2. Computers. a system for linking personal computers and workstations with each other in order to share data, devices, programs, etc.: usually confined to one office, building, or home.

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local area network British  

noun

1.  LAN.  computing the linking of a number of different devices by cable within a system

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local area network Scientific  

/ lō′kəl /

1. See LAN

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Example Sentences

If malicious actors were able to penetrate the local area network of the converter station on the wind farm side, these actors could tamper with the system's sensors.

From Science Daily

In order to access this information on the go, the app’s developers also created a portable backpack kit that acts as a local area network without connections to the broader Internet.

From Scientific American

“I spent a lot of time on LAN—local area network,” he said.

From The New Yorker

The most common local area network protocol is Ethernet, the same format that has been a business and home networking standard for decades.

From New York Times

Instead, they should have set up a separate local area network, or LAN, that could not connect to the rest of the bank or the Internet, police said.

From Reuters