mobile area networknoun.
A next-generation car with an electronics system that includes amenities such as Global Positioning Satellite receivers as well as sensors to monitor lights, engine, climate control, road conditions, and more.
Example Citation:
"[IBM chairman Louis] Gerstner described the car of the future as a 'continuously modifying device' and 'a mobile area network' that will respond to dozens of sensors placed throughout it."
—PC Magazine
