Examples of LAN in a Sentence

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The Gen 3 router can then be connected to the Starlink dish, all the while featuring two extra Ethernet LAN ports. Brian Westover, PC Magazine, 27 Mar. 2026 Operators currently rely on robots connected by heavy LAN cables. Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 24 Mar. 2026 The company also announced some format changes to their events, which will see more matches played on LAN throughout the year rather than online. Mike Stubbs, Forbes.com, 28 Feb. 2026 There's a fingerprint sensor to keep your documents protected, 256 GB of on-board storage, and cross-device transfer via LAN, email, or USB. Wired, Wired News, 6 Jan. 2026 And back in the day there was at least LAN. Bethy Squires, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2025 The digital screens owned by LAN are designated for static content that supports wayfinding, provides essential travel information and promotes LAN’s revenue-generating services. Dan Basso, Freep.com, 15 Oct. 2025 Ethernet has long been synonymous with local area networking, or LAN. IEEE Spectrum, 22 June 2025

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First Known Use

1981, in the meaning defined above

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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 3 Apr. 2026.

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