| LMSC | Local area network and Metropolitan area network Standards Committee |
| LAN | Local Area Network Lokalnetz |
| WLAN | Wireless Local Area Network |
| VLAN | Virtual Local Area Network |
| LAWN | Local Area Wireless Network |
| ELAN | Emulated Local Area Network |
| VLAN | Very / Virtual Local Area Network |
| PCLAN | Personal Computer Local Area Network |
| LANE | Local Area Network Emulation/Emulator |
| LANC | Local Area Network Control [Sony] |
| HSLAN | High Speed Local Area Network |
| ELANC | Enhanced Local Area Network Controller |
| IVDLAN | Integrated Voice and Data Local Area Network |
| LAPS | Local Area Network Adapter and Protocol Support [IBM] |
| ARCNET | Attached Resource Computer local area NETwork [engl.] |
| LAT | Local Area Transport [DEC] |
| LAVC | Local Area VAX Cluster |
| LADT | Local Area Data Transport |
| LAST | Local Area Storage Transport [DEC] |
| OLALA | Open Local Area Linux Applications |
| CLASS | Custom Local Area Signalling Service |
| CLASS | Centralized Local Area Selective Signaling |
| LATA | Local Access and Transmit/Transport Area |
| LNP | Local Network Protocol |
| LIN | Local Interconnect Network |
| LON | Local Operating Network |
| LCN | Local Control Network |
| CAN | Car Area Network |
| HSLN | High Speed Local Network |
| FAN | Family Area Network |
| GAN | Global Area Network |
| AAN | All Area Network [engl.] Universelles Netzwerk |
| SAN | Storage Area Network |
| MAN | Metropolitan Area Network |
| TAN | Total Area Network |
| WAN | Wide Area Network |
| EAN | Extragalactic Area Network |
| SAN | System Area Network |
| CAN | Controller Area Network [engl.] Fahrzeug-Datenbus |
| CAN | Campus Area Network [engl.] Netzwerk von Gelände-Ausdehnung |
| PANU | Personal Area Network Unit |
| DAN | Domestic/Desk Area Network |
| SWAN | Secure Wide Area Network |
| BAN | Body Area Network [engl.] |
| RAND | Rural Area Network Design |
| WAENA | Wide Area Educational Network |
| WMAN | Wireless Metropolitan Area Network |
| GAN | Global/Galactic Area Network |
| WPAN | Wireless Personal Area Network |
| BARRNET | Bay Area Regional Research Network [engl.] |