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English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈləʊklˌɛːɹɪəˌnɛtwəːk/
Noun
local area network (plural local area networks)
- (computing) An interconnection of computers that are in relatively close proximity to each other, such as within a building.
- A Local Area Network connects all of the computers in our office.
- (computing) A network on which all devices communicate using OSI model device layer addressing.
- (Internet) A network on which all communication is delivered by way of MAC addresses and that is not routed.
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network
- Arabic: please add this translation if you can
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: (mainland China) 局域網 / 局域网 (zh) (júyùwǎng), (Taiwan & Hong Kong) 區域網路 / 区域网路 (zh) (qūyù wǎnglù)
- Dutch: local area network n, lokaal netwerk n
- Finnish: lähiverkko (fi), paikallisverkko, LAN (fi)
- French: réseau local (fr) m, LAN (fr) m, RLE m (for enterprise LAN's)
- German: Local Area Network n (formal), lokales Netzwerk n
- Greek: ΤΔ (TD), τοπικό δίκτυο (el) n (topikó díktyo)
- Hebrew: רֶשֶׁת תִּקְשֹׁרֶת מְקוֹמִית f
- Hindi: please add this translation if you can
- Hungarian: helyi hálózat (hu)
- Icelandic: staðarnet n, nærnet
- Italian: please add this translation if you can
- Japanese: ローカル・エリア・ネットワーク (rōkaru-eria-nettowāku)
- Kazakh: жергілікті торап (jergılıktı torap)
- Korean: please add this translation if you can
- Maori: whatunga rohe paetata
- Portuguese: rede local f, LAN f, rede de área local f
- Russian: лока́льная вычисли́тельная сеть (ru) f (lokálʹnaja vyčislítelʹnaja setʹ), ЛВС (ru) f (LVS), лока́льная сеть f (lokálʹnaja setʹ), лока́лка (ru) f (lokálka) (prof jargon)
- Spanish: please add this translation if you can
- Swahili: please add this translation if you can
- Vietnamese: mạng cục bộ, mạng máy tính cục bộ
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