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LAN Local Area Network

LANIC net HP: Local Area Network Interface Controller - HP3000 (series 900)-LANIC-MAU-LAN wiring. - see ThinLAN 3000/iX Network Link Technical Data

LAP Link Access Procedure - packet switching protocol (OSI level 2).

. LAPB LAP B - LAP for X.25 (uses subset of HDLC).

LAPD LAP for D signalling channel of ISDN links.

LAPM Link Access Procedure for Modems (V.42) modem error correction.

LASER Light Amplification through the Stimulated Emmission of Radiation

LCD Liquid Crystal Display

LCP Link Control Protocol - middle part of PPP - establish connection, negotiate config, check quality, close.

leak - memory leaks: see MSDN: Detecting Memory Leaks

LFN Windows 95 Long File Names

LHR London Heathrow

Lists For the preferred method of insetting blocks of text, see below.

This is the first <li> ... </li> entry in an Unordered <ul> ... </ul> List, and the line meanders on and on for quite a considerable number of characters so the effect of wrapping at the end of the line can be seen. The bullet at the start of the line can be changed to a square or a disc, but not eliminated.
And this is the second <li> ... </li> entry.

<li> ... </li> entry in an Ordered <ol> ... </ol> List, and the line meanders on and on for quite a considerable number of characters so the effect of wrapping at the end of the line can be seen. The numbering at the start of the line can be changed, but not eliminated.
And this is the second <li> ... </li> entry.

This is the first <DT /> 'defined term' in a Definition <DL>...</DL> List. It is not necessary to have any <DT> entries in the Definition List. The <DD /> indentation remains the same.

This is the first <DD /> definition in a Definition List <DL>...</DL>, and the line meanders on and on for quite a considerable number of characters so the effect of wrapping at the end of the line can be seen. The indentation is retained when the line wraps.

This entry is preceded by <DD /><DD />, and the line meanders on and on for quite a considerable number of characters so the effect of wrapping at the end of the line can be seen. The indention does not increase, because each <DD /> is a separate entry.

This entry is preceded by <DD /><DL><DD /> (and ends with </DL>) and the line meanders on and on for quite a considerable number of characters so the effect of wrapping at the end of the line can be seen. The double indention is retained.

This line is preceded by <DD /> and is not inside a Definition List (<DL>...</DL>), and the line meanders on and on for quite a considerable number of characters so the effect of wrapping at the end of the line can be seen. The indentation is not retained when the line wraps.

This line is preceded by <DD /><DD /> and is not inside a Definition List (<DL>...</DL>), and the line meanders on and on for quite a considerable number of characters so the effect of wrapping at the end of the line can be seen. The indentation is not retained when the line wraps.

The interaction between BR and DL/DD elements is complex in IE:
<DL><DD />injogs by about 10 characters, while <DL><DD /><BR />injogs by about 5.5 characters.
Mozilla seems not to injog at all in these case.
Also the outer <DL><DD /> will leave a blank line, but inner ones seem not to.

N.B. If even just one <DD /> occurs not within <DL>...</DL>, then all subsequent lines within <DL>...</DL> and following <DD /> are further indented, and revert to the normal indentation when the line wraps. e.g.

This line is preceded by <DL><DD /> and so is inside a Definition List, and the line meanders on and on for quite a considerable number of characters so the effect of wrapping at the end of the line can be seen. The first indentation is doubled, and reverts to single indentation when the line wraps.

N.B. Sometimes, within <DL>...</DL>, for reasons unknown, <DD /> causes subsequent <BR /> elements to act as if they were <DD /> elements. This can be remedied by replacing the first such <BR /> with <DT />.
- it is no good replacing all <BR /> elements with <DT /> since additional <DT /> elements do not insert blank lines.
N.B. <DD /> inserts a line break, like <BR />, and <DD /><DL><DD /> also inserts just one line break.
N.B. It is often makes for more readable source to put the DD and DL tags at the end of the previous line.

To inset blocks of text, can use <BLOCKQUOTE> ... </BLOCKQUOTE>
but a blank line is left before and after the indented block, and the indentation is usually too great if there is much nesting.
The Lists described above are beset with problems. One answer is to use relative positioning in a style. e.g.
<div style="position:relative;left:5ex"> ... </div>
- the ex is supposedly the height of an x character, so 5ex insets by about 4 monospaced characters (as within e.g. <code> ... </code>)
- it is not necessary to precede the opening div element with <br />, but putting one in makes no difference
- similarly, <br /></div> is the same as </div>, but </div><br /> inserts a blank line
- probably best to put the style as a class within <style type="text/css"> ... </style> or in a .css file:
.in4 {position:relative;left:5ex}
and use <div class="in4"> ... </div> in the body of the HTML file. e.g.

<div class="in4"> follows 'e.g.' above


		and <div class="in4"><code> is at the end of the previous line
			and <div class="in4"> again

and </div></code></div></div> to finish off.

LLC Logical Link Control

LMHOSTS Windows Networking can consult a static table in a file called LMHOSTS. To use this method, the PDC should maintain at the least a static list of all computers and their IP addresses in that domain and the names and addresses of the PDCs for all other domains in the network. All clients must then have an LMHOSTS file with the IP address of their PDC and the path to the master LMHOSTS file on the PDC.

localhost is the network address of this computer. The name is (usually) defined in file c:/WINNT/system32/drivers/etc/hosts as the TCP address 127.0.0.1. In a DOS Box, type ping localhost to check.

location - a javascript object referring to the current URL.
Attributes are: "file:///H:/entmv/Centre/Currencies/Currencies.html" "file:" "" "" "" "/H:\entmv\Centre\Currencies\Currencies.html" "" ""

	href			HRESULT
	protocol			HRESULT
	host			HRESULT
	hostname			HRESULT
	port			HRESULT
	pathname			HRESULT
	search			HRESULT
	hash			HRESULT

See Netscape: JavaScript Reference: location

LSL Link Support Layer - part of Novell ODI.

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