"WLAN" meaning in English

See WLAN in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈdʌbəlju.læn/ [US] Audio: En-us-WLAN.ogg [US], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-WLAN.wav [Southern-England] Forms: WLANs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} WLAN (plural WLANs)
  1. Initialism of wireless local area network. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: wireless local area network Related terms: Wi-Fi

Inflected forms

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