Examples of LAN in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The part in question is known as a LAN transformer and is part of a system that allows a vehicle’s electronic components to communicate with one another. Jack Ewing, New York Times, 20 May 2024 The Android and ChromeOS applications look identical and offer all of the features found in the iOS version of the app, but add an option to toggle on LAN access, allowing local network traffic to travel outside of the VPN. PCMAG, 11 Apr. 2024 But during the 1980s other LAN technologies emerged as competitors. IEEE Spectrum, 7 Apr. 2024 Many people who had never experienced the era of LAN parties also responded with excitement. Steffi Cao, CNN, 14 Mar. 2024 Also, an additional $8 million settlement with the engineering firm LAN, which is awaiting final approval, will add to the overall size of the fund. Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 8 Mar. 2024 The move to bring in s1mple on loan for a month means that the organisation will have a full roster for the upcoming BLAST Premier: Spring Showdown tournament that offers up a spot at the massive LAN event set for Wembley Arena in London later in the year. Mike Stubbs, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024 The class action was originally launched in 2016, after plaintiffs said Veolia and another engineering firm that worked in Flint after the onset of the water crisis, Lockwood, Andrews and Newnam (LAN), failed to identify corroding pipes and acted too slowly to address the water contamination. Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 1 Feb. 2024 Any switch, router, or wireless LAN controller running IOS XE that has the HTTP or HTTPS Server feature enabled and exposed to the Internet is vulnerable. Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 17 Oct. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1981, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of LAN was in 1981

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“LAN.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/LAN. Accessed 28 May. 2024.

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