Letter L
L2TP             Level Two Tunneling Protocol used over VPN networks.

LAN              Local Area Network. A number of computers connected together
                 fairly close together to produce a network.

LandZone         Place where drive heads can park.

Laptop           A computer packaged into one small portable package for 
                 easy transportation. Usually has a TFT monitor built in which
                 can be flipped up.
                 
LCD              Liquid Crystal Display. Uses special cystals to produce 
                 displays on Laptops. See TFT.
								 
LED              Light Emitting Diode. Simple method of displaying characters
                 using light from specialised diode components.
								 
Library          A file containing lots of functions which can be called and shared
                 between programs. Windows consists of a number of libraries and
                 extra libraries can be added to add functionality. Libraries are
                 stored in the C:\Windows\System[32] directory.

Linux            Linus' UniX. Popular and free Unix type operating system for Server and
                 Workstations and PCs and other platforms such as 680x0, PowerPC,
                 MIPS, x86, x64 etc. Developed by Linus Torvalds. See Linux.com and Linux.org.

Linux Mint       A popular variant of the Debian Linux operating system.

LibreOffice	  A free open source office, for Linux, Unix, Mac and Windows systems.
                 This is a variant of OpenOffice, with more development.

Lisa             Graphics chip used in AGA Amigas eg. 1200 and 4000.

LHA              File archive format widely used on the Amiga. Uses Lempel-Ziv
                 compression and Hoffman encoding. Same as LZH files. See Unix
                 and Amiga web sites.

LIM              Lotus/Intel/Microsoft standard. E.g. Expanded RAM.

Locale           Library which caters for different languages other than English.
                 Locale set up  via the Locale Preferences. Application programs can
                 be localised by installing catalog files to cater for different
                 languages.

LPT              Line PrinTer. Another name for parallel port on most PCs.

LTE              Long Term Evolution. Name for a new fourth generation (4G) of cellular networks.

LVD              Low Voltage Differential. Type of SCSI signalling used on
                 Ultra2 SCSI chains.
			
LVM			  Logical volume Manager. Used widely on linux systems to manage disks.

LZH              Archive format named after Lempel-Ziv and Haruyasu. See LHA.
					
LZX              Another file archive format, tends to be faster than LHA and
                 compresses better.