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Local Area Networks

Local Area Networks. What is?. A L ocal A rea N etwork, or LAN, is a computer network that interconnects computers in a limited area such as a home, office, or school, or giant warehouse rented out for a giant LAN party.

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Local Area Networks

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  1. Local Area Networks

  2. What is? • A Local Area Network, or LAN, is a computer network that interconnects computers in a limited area such as a home, office, or school, or giant warehouse rented out for a giant LAN party. • A LAN is different from a Wide Area Connection (WAN) in that they generally have a smaller geographic area, and don’t use leased telecommunication lines.

  3. What do? • LANs are useful for sharing resources like files, printers, games, or other applications. • A LAN can also be used for a LAN party uses a LAN to play multiplayer games in a small, sweaty room for hours at a time. • Obviously, because a LAN party wouldn’t use a WAN. Then it’d be a WAN party.

  4. How do? • Computers or workstations (known as nodes) are connected usually by a sort of cable, most commonly Ethernet for PCs, or over a wireless network. • Each node in a LAN has its own CPU which does its own thing, but can also access data and devices also on the LAN.

  5. Why do? • Any user on the LAN can share anything from laser printers to a .gif of a dancing baby. • LANs are also capable of transmitting data at very fast rates, much faster than say a telephone line or what have you, however...

  6. ...However, • There is a limit to how many computers can be attached to a single LAN.

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