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LAN
(Local Area Network)
See Also:Local Area Network

Leased Line
A rented, high-speed phone link for private use, available 24 hours a day.

Link
Link puts the hyper in hyperlink. Links are the connections between hypertext pages. Every time you click on highlighted text to go to another page you're following a link.

Linux
A popular Open-Source Operating System, created to be a UNIX-Like OS for PCs.
See Also:Open-Source, Unix

LLU
(Local Loop Unbundling) - The process whereby incumbent telecommunications companies allow potential competitors to rent the twisted-pair copper wire that connects individual subscribers or households to the local telephone exchange.
See Also:Local Loop

Local Loop
The Line from a subscriber to the telephone company's local exchange
See Also:LLU

Local Area Network
Usually referred to as a LAN, this describes a group of computers commonly in the same building, connected by network cables.
See Also:LAN

Local Telephone Exchange
A facility that contains the lowest node in the hierarchy of switches that comprise the public telephone network.

Login
When a user tries to gain access to the Internet through their host computer, they must Login with their password and User ID.

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