wireless local area network
| Noun | 1. | wireless local area network - a local area network that uses high frequency radio signals to transmit and receive data over distances of a few hundred feet; uses ethernet protocol |
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| 释义 | wireless local area network
wireless local area networkwireless local area network(networking)Benefits include user mobility in the coverage area, speed andsimplicity of physical setup, and scalability. Being amilitary spin-off, WLANs also provide security features suchas encryption, frequency hopping, and firewalls. Someof these are intrinsic to the protocol, making WLANs atleast as secure as wired networks, and usually more so. Thedrawbacks are high initial cost (mostly hardware), limitedrange, possibility of mutual interference, amd the need tosecurity-enable clients. The established protocols are covered by IEEE 802.11. Recent developmentsinclude the Bluetooth project and other WPAN, or Personal Area Network initiatives, accessible through IEEE 802.15 working group. Wireless Lan Association. Usenet newsgroups: news:comp.dcom.lans.misc,news:comp.std.wireless. See WLAN wireless local area network
Synonyms for wireless local area network
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