lan
LAN / 構内ネットワーク
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
LAN は Local Area Network の各語の頭文字で、「限られた範囲のネットワーク」。家庭・学校・オフィス内で機器を結ぶ場面を思い浮かべる。通常は一文字ずつでなく /læn/ と一語のように読む。広い地域を結ぶ WAN と対にし、wired LAN、wireless LAN、connect to a LAN も覚える。
Expand LAN as Local Area Network and use the first letters as your memory key. Local tells you that the network covers a limited place, such as one home, office, school, or building. Picture computers, printers, and other devices connected inside that space. LAN is commonly pronounced as one word, /læn/. Contrast it with a WAN, a wide area network that operates across much larger distances. Useful combinations include wired LAN, wireless LAN, LAN connection, and connect to a LAN.
lan の類義語・関連語
lan の語源・成り立ち Etymology
LAN は Local Area Network の頭字語です。local はラテン語 locus「場所」、area もラテン語 area「区画」、network は古英語系の net＋work から成り、「限られた場所を結ぶ網」という意味が見えます。関連語は locate, locale。
LAN is an initialism formed from local area network. Local ultimately comes from Latin locus, “place,” while area comes from Latin area, referring to an open or defined space. Network combines net and work and developed the figurative sense of an interconnected system. The technical abbreviation became established as computer networking expanded, neatly expressing a network limited to a particular local area rather than a broad geographic region.
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