A local area network (LAN) is a computer network that interconnects computers within a limited area such as a residence, school, laboratory, university campus or office building. By contrast, a wide area network (WAN) not only covers a larger geographic distance, but also generally involves leased telecommunication circuits or Internet links. An even greater contrast is the Internet, which is a system of globally connected business and personal computers.

Ethernet and Wi-Fi are the two most common technologies in use for local area networks. Historical technologies include ARCNET, Token ring, and AppleTalk.

The increasing demand and use of computers in universities and research labs in the late 1960s generated the need to provide high-speed interconnections between computer systems. A 1970 report from the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory detailing the growth of their "Octopus" network gave a good indication of the situation.

A number of experimental and early commercial LAN technologies were developed in the 1970s. Cambridge Ring was developed at Cambridge University starting in 1974. Ethernet was developed at Xerox PARC in 19731975, and filed as . In 1976, after the system was deployed at PARC, Robert Metcalfe and David Boggs published a seminal paper, "Ethernet: Distributed Packet-Switching for Local Computer Networks". ARCNET was developed by Datapoint Corporation in 1976 and announced in 1977. It had the first commercial installation in December 1977 at Chase Manhattan Bank in New York.

Based on the article and the following list of answers, write a list of questions.

1. the Internet
2. WAN
3. LAN
4. local area network
5. wide area network
6. in the late 1960s
7. Ethernet and Wi-Fi
8. yes
9. octopus
10. the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory
11. 1970
12. Xerox
13. 19731975
14. PARC
15. 1977
16. in New York
17. universities
18. yes
19. research labs
20. no

Numbered questions:
1. What connects businesses and personal computers
2. Which is bigger, WAN or LAN
3. Which has a limited area of coverage?
4. what does LAN stand for?
5. What does WAN stand for?
6. When did demand increase?
7. What are common LAN technologies?
8. Was there a network names after an animal?
9. What animal?
10. who reported on it?
11. When?
12. Who created Ethernet?
13. When?
14. Where was the first business install at?
15. In what year was in install at the bank?
16. Where was the bank located?
17. Where did the demand increase at.
18. did it increase any where else?
19. where?
20. is Apple talk a new tech?