| 单词 | LAN (Local Area Network) |
| 释义 | LAN (Local Area Network) A LAN is a packet network designed to interconnect host computers, peripherals, storage devices, and other computing resources within a local area, i.e., limited distance. LANs conform to the client/server architecture, a distributed computing architecture that runs applications on client microcomputers against one or more centralized servers, which are high-performance multiport computers with substantial processing power and large amounts of memory. A LAN might serve an office, a floor of a building, and entire building, or a campus area, but generally does not cross a public right-of-way such as a street.The distance limitation generally is in the range of a few kilometers, at most, although that is sensitive to the transmission media employed, which include coaxial cable, twisted pair, optical fiber, infrared (IR) light, and radio frequency (RF) systems. Raw bandwidth ranges up to 10 Gbps, although actual throughput generally is much less. LANs generally are private networks, although public wireless hotspots offering wireless Internet access currently are popular. Most LAN standards are set by the 802 Working Group of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), with examples being 802.3 (Ethernet) and 802.11a/b/g (Wi-Fi).A personal area network (PAN) such as Bluetooth, is much more limited in geographic scope than a LAN. LANs and LAN segments can be interconnected over a metropolitan area network (MAN) or wide area network (WAN). LANs operate at Layer 1, the Physical Layer, and Layer 2, the Data Link Layer, of the OSI Reference Model. See also 802.3, 802.5, 802.11, architecture, bandwidth, Bluetooth, client/server, coaxial cable, Data Link Layer, Ethernet, hotspot, IEEE, IR, MAN, optical fiber, OSI Reference Model, PAN, Physical Layer, RF, throughput, Token Ring, twisted pair, WAN, and Wi-Fi. |
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