_______ are designed to provide connectivity for devices within a limited area, typically within the premises of a home, office building, business, or school.
Local Area Network (LAN) is a type of computer network.
In a LAN the computers are interconnected within a limited locality.
This limited geographical area can be a building, a residence, an office, school etc.
It can connect few computers such as a few PCs to share resources like printer and also it can connect multiple computers within a company to share multiple resources like printers, hardware, data , applications, storage devices etc.
Although the network size is limited but the data rates are high in LAN.
LANs can use coaxial cables. The most common technology for connecting computers in a LAN is called Ethernet having maximum data rate of up to 100 Mbps.
For example a Home Network with a computer, smartphone and smart TV connected through WiFi is an example of a Local Area Network.
