A local area network (LAN) is a network that connects computers and devices in a limited geographical area such as a home, school, office building, or closely positioned group of buildings. Each computer or device on the network is a node. Wired LANs are most likely based on Ethernet technology.
Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Curfew. A curfew is an order specifying a time during which certain regulations apply. Examples: âAn order issued by the public authorities or military insurgents requiring everyone or certain people to be indoors at certain times, often at night.
Evidently, curfew laws are enacted in response to trends in the behavior of older. teens rather than city-wide crime rates. Though the estimates are imprecise, it appears that curfews generate large reduc-. tions in the number of arrests of youth below the curfew age.