LANs and WANs

What is a network?

• When 2 or more computer devices are connected together

• A wire you can plug in

• Jobs that you do on the internet

• A collection of wires that supply power to your computer

LAN stands for

• Local Area Network

• Llama Appreciation Network

• Large Area Network

• Lozenge Archive Network

WAN stands for

• Wide Area Network

• Walrus Appreciation Network

• Wrong Area Network

• Wenger Appreciation Network

A LAN connects computers

• Inside one single building only

• In a small geographical area

• In a neighborhood

• In a city

A WAN connects computers

• In a single building only

• Across a wide geographic area

• In a city

• In a single country

Which of the following scenarios would need a LAN only? (PICK MORE THAN 1!)

• A school

• A chain of supermarkets

• Your home

• A gaming party where everyone travels to one location

• Google

Which of the following scenarios would need a WAN? (PICK MORE THAN ONE!)

• A MAT comprising several schools

• Your home

• A chain of supermarkets

• Google

• A gaming party where everyone travels to one location

The internet is...

• A LAN

• A WAN

• Not a network

• Just a distraction