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TAN Last modified: Friday, May 17, 2002
Short for tiny area network, a LAN with only a few nodes. TANs are typically installed in homes or small office environments so that the devices can share resources, such as modems, files or printers.
	Related Categories Networks Related Terms CAN HAN local-area network MAN network VLAN WLAN