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Media Access Control Address

Abbreviations / Acronyms / Synonyms:

MAC

Definitions:

  A hardware address that uniquely identifies each component of an IEEE 802-based network. On networks that do not conform to the IEEE 802 standards but do conform to the OSI Reference Model, the node address is called the Data Link Control (DLC) address.
Sources:
NIST SP 800-18 Rev. 1