What does LAN mean in computers?
LAN – Local Area Network a computer network either using cabling such as the 8 wire (2pairs used, and four wires unused) Ethernet cable with the male RJ45 connectors at each end, or via wireless including microwave or radio signals. Oldest, slowest out there, on up to faster… 9600 thousand bits per second way way way way way slow 14.4 thousand bits per second – way way way slow 28.8kb/s that is 28000 bits or 3500 bytes /s – way way slow 33.6kilobytes per second or kb/s – way way slow 56kb/s -way way slow, but the fastest single line modem dial-up connection. 64k – this is DS0 in network engineer terms 128 240 256kb/s such as obsure multi-linked dual dial up modems or ISDN phone line connection, more common in Europe but used by some businesses and homes in the U.S. 384kb/s common ISDN and entry level slowest phone so-called high-speed DSL connection 512kb/s another common ISDN and also basic level slow phone so-called high-speed DSL connection 700kb/s – current as of June 2008- Avera
