What is "LAN"?

What is "LAN"?

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LAN stands for Local Area Network. That would be a simple home network, at your office or at you house, where all the different computers on the network are sharing their internet connection and are connected through the same switch, the same router and the same networking device. They're all on the same local segment, they're all part of the same and they're all coming off the same branch of the tree so to speak.