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OCR: 7- LOCAL AREA NETW RKS AND FE MAI Local Area Networks computer network collection of computers pue orerr devices that communicate to ishare hardware and software network that located within relatively limited area such as building or campus IS referred to as local area network or LAN net- work that CON ers large geographical area referred to as ide area network or WAN In this chapter vou will learn about local area networks InfoWeb Local area networks are found in most me dium- sized and large busine sses goy ernment offices and educational institutions Worldwide an e stimated 25 million computers are conne cted to local area networks LANS Not t all LANs are the same Different types of networks provide different services use different technology. pue require users to follow different proce ...