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A Local Area Network is a data communication system which allows a number of independent devices in moderate geographic proximity to communicate with each other.

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© 1988 J R Freer

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Freer, J.R. (1988). Local area networks. In: Computer Communications and Networks. Computer Communications and Networks. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1041-9_7

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