Usually means: Network connecting computers in proximity.
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We found 34 dictionaries that define the word local area network:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. local area network: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. local area network: Merriam-Webster
  3. local area network: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. local area network: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. local area network: Collins English Dictionary
  6. local area network: Vocabulary.com
  7. local area network: Wiktionary
  8. local area network: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. local area network: Dictionary.com
  10. Local Area Network, Local-area network, Local area network: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. local area network: Rhymezone
  12. local area network: FreeDictionary.org
  13. local area network: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. local area network: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Local Area Network: Glossary of Binary Graphics
  2. ODLIS: Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science (No longer online)

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Local Area Network: Wideman Comparative Glossary of Project Management Terms
  2. Broadcast Media Terms (No longer online)
  3. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. local area network: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. Local Area Network: Netlingo
  3. local area network: CCI Computer
  4. Local Area Network: Computer Telephony & Electronics Dictionary and Glossary
  5. Webopedia (No longer online)
  6. I T Glossary (No longer online)
  7. Technopedia (No longer online)
  8. Local area network (LAN), local-area network, local area network: Encyclopedia
  9. Computer Glossart and Terminologies (No longer online)

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Local-area network, Local area network (LAN), local area network: Medical dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Local Area Network: Extragalactic Astronomy

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Space and Electronic Warfare Lexicon (No longer online)

(Note: See local_area_networking as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (local area network)

noun:  (computing) An interconnection of computers that are in relatively close proximity to each other, such as within a building.
noun:  (computing) A network on which all devices communicate using OSI model device layer addressing.
noun:  (Internet) A network on which all communication is delivered by way of MAC addresses and that is not routed.

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