LAN

A LAN is a computer network limited to a certain area like an entire building or just the computers of a particular floor. LAN is an acronym for Local Area Network.

left-click

The left-click (usually referred to simply as 'click') is the most common action of a right-handed mouse-user and is specifically the depression of the far left button (if there are more than one).

link

A link is an area on a Web page (often underlined text or a graphic) that, when clicked, instructs the browser to display a another Web page.

Linux

Linux is a free operating system that runs on many kinds of hardware including PCs and Macintoshes. Linux is a group effort: thousands of developers around the world contribute to Linux, adding new features and fixing bugs.

login

As a verb, to login is the action of entering a network such as the Internet. As a noun, a login is the actual profile used to access a network and usually consists of a name and a password.

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