lawn
    n 1: a field of cultivated and mowed grass

Lawn \Lawn\, n. [Earlier laune lynen, i. e., lawn linen; prob.
   from the town Laon in France.]
   A very fine linen (or sometimes cotton) fabric with a rather
   open texture. Lawn is used for the sleeves of a bishop's
   official dress in the English Church, and, figuratively,
   stands for the office itself.
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         A saint in crape is twice a saint in lawn. --Pope.
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Lawn \Lawn\ (l[add]n), n. [OE. laund, launde, F. lande heath,
   moor; of Celtic origin; cf. W. llan an open, clear place,
   llawnt a smooth rising hill, lawn, Armor. lann or lan
   territory, country, lann a prickly plant, pl. lannou heath,
   moor.]
   1. An open space between woods. --Milton.
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            "Orchard lawns and bowery hollows."   --Tennyson.
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   2. Ground (generally in front of or around a house) covered
      with grass kept closely mown.
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   Lawn mower, a machine for clipping the short grass of
      lawns.

   Lawn tennis, a variety of the game of tennis, played in the
      open air, sometimes upon a lawn, instead of in a tennis
      court. See Tennis.
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LAWN
       Local Area Wireless Network
       

wireless local area network
LAWN
WiLAN
WLAN

    (WLAN /W-lan/, or "LAWN" /lorn/, sometimes
   "WiLAN" /wi-lan/) A communication system that transmits and
   receives data using modulated electromagnetic waves,
   implemented as an extension to, or as an alternative for, a
   wired LAN.  WLANs are typically found within a small
   client node-dense locale (e.g. a campus or office
   building), or anywhere a traditional network cannot be
   deployed for logistical reasons.

   Benefits include user mobility in the coverage area, speed and
   simplicity of physical setup, and scalability.  Being a
   military spin-off, WLANs also provide security features such
   as encryption, frequency hopping, and firewalls.  Some
   of these are intrinsic to the protocol, making WLANs at
   least as secure as wired networks, and usually more so.  The
   drawbacks are high initial cost (mostly hardware), limited
   range, possibility of mutual interference, amd the need to
   security-enable clients.

   The established protocols are covered by <IEEE 802.11>.  Recent developments
   include the Bluetooth project and other WPAN, or Personal
   Area Network initiatives, accessible through <IEEE 802.15
   working group>.

   <Wireless Lan Association>.

   Usenet newsgroups: <news:comp.dcom.lans.misc>,
   <news:comp.std.wireless>.

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Lawn, TX -- U.S. town in Texas
   Population (2000):    353
   Housing Units (2000): 162
   Land area (2000):     0.564349 sq. miles (1.461656 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.564349 sq. miles (1.461656 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            41872
   Located within:       Texas (TX), FIPS 48
   Location:             32.135405 N, 99.748066 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     79530
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Lawn, TX
    Lawn