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Some invites, such as those for Tundra Esports and Parivision, seem to be pretty locked in, but after a season that has seen a lot of teams take LAN victories, there are a lot of teams in contention and likely not enough invites for all of them to get one. Mike Stubbs, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026 The drives are also held in place by thumbscrews that are included in the box, along with a LAN cable and an installation guide. John R. Delaney, PC Magazine, 13 Apr. 2026 Black Lotus described the methodology this way: DNS changes were then propagated to the workstations on the adjacent LAN via Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP). Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 8 Apr. 2026 Most of these require local area network (LAN) cables that can get tangled, says Narukiyo. Katherine Bourzac, IEEE Spectrum, 2 Apr. 2026 Operators currently rely on robots connected by heavy LAN cables. Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 24 Mar. 2026 There's a fingerprint sensor to keep your documents protected, 256 GB of on-board storage, and cross-device transfer via LAN, email, or USB. Wired, Wired News, 6 Jan. 2026 And back in the day there was at least LAN. Bethy Squires, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2025 The digital screens owned by LAN are designated for static content that supports wayfinding, provides essential travel information and promotes LAN’s revenue-generating services. Dan Basso, Freep.com, 15 Oct. 2025

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First Known Use

1981, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of LAN was in 1981

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“LAN.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/LAN. Accessed 2 Jun. 2026.

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