What does LAN stand for?

Assessment: JAMB UTME - Computer Studies - 2025 Subject: Computer Studies

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What does LAN stand for?

Answer Details

A computer network is classified partly by the geographical area it covers. When a set of computers, printers, and other devices are connected together within one building or a group of buildings close to each other, such as a school, office, or home, the network is described as covering a small, "local" area.

Local area network is the term that describes exactly this kind of setup: devices linked over a small, confined space, usually managed and owned by a single organisation, and typically using cables or Wi-Fi rather than a third-party carrier.

The other choices fail because they either use words that are not standard computing terms ("land area", "local arrangement", "legal alternative") or describe something unrelated to networking. None of them appear in any accepted list of network types.

When you meet an abbreviation question like this, expand each letter in order and check that the expanded phrase actually names a real, recognised technology rather than just sounding plausible.

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