Local Area Coverage is the term for full-resolution AVHRR imagery recorded on tape recorders aboard the NOAA satellites It is later transmitted to one of the NOAA ground stations, in contrast to HRPT which is transmitted in real-time See also GAC
Local Area Command An administrative police unit responsible for policing in a defined geographical area A LAC includes one or more police stations and is headed by a Commander There are 80 LACs They are graded 1, 2, 3 or 3A based on a number of performance measures The grading impacts the salary levels of senior staff
Legal Advisory Committee - These distinguished members of the legal profession primarily advise on matters relating to corporate governance They also advise on other subjects involving broad legal issues or principles directly or indirectly affecting the NYSE, the securities industry or capital markets The committee also advises the Exchange staff on policies relating to the NYSE Listed Company Manual, the American Law Institute's Corporate Governance Project, financial services industry regulation, and the legal aspects of industry rules and regulations
A resinous substance produced mainly on the banyan tree, but to some extent on other trees, by the Coccus lacca, a scale-shaped insect, the female of which fixes herself on the bark, and exudes from the margin of her body this resinous substance
L2TP Access Concentrator A device connected to the remote access network that provides a way to connect a remote user's PPP connection to an L2TP network server (LNS)
Lake, south-central Quebec, Canada. A shallow lake, it has an area of 387 sq mi (1,003 sq km) and discharges into the Saguenay River. In the 20th century logging operations on its feeder streams led to the establishment of large paper mills on the lake. Since 1926 the lake's seasonal fluctuations have been controlled by two hydroelectric dams. It is a tourist resort centre famous for its salmon fishing