Local Area Networks(LAN)
Local Area Networks are arranged within limited space such as in an office room,within building.The computers within a LAN are connected to a server that has applications and data storage that will be shared in common by multiple computer users.A local area network may serve as few as two or three users(for Example: in a home network ) or many as thousands of users(for Example: in an FDDI network).
A LAN server can store set of application programs,where users who need an application frequently can download it at once and then run it from their local hard disk.Users can order printing and other services as and when needed through applications run on the LAN server.A user can share files with others at the LAN server.
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