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  2. MAC address - Wikipedia

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    Label of a UMTS router with MAC addresses for LAN and WLAN modules. A MAC address (short for medium access control address or media access control address) is a unique identifier assigned to a network interface controller (NIC) for use as a network address in communications within a network segment.

  3. Control unit - Wikipedia

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    The control unit (CU) is a component of a computer's central processing unit (CPU) that directs the operation of the processor. A CU typically uses a binary decoder to convert coded instructions into timing and control signals that direct the operation of the other units (memory, arithmetic logic unit and input and output devices, etc.).

  4. Medium access control - Wikipedia

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    In IEEE 802 LAN/MAN standards, the medium access control (MAC), also called media access control, is the layer that controls the hardware responsible for interaction with the wired (electrical or optical) or wireless transmission medium. The MAC sublayer and the logical link control (LLC) sublayer together make up the data link layer.

  5. List of computing and IT abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    MAC—Mandatory Access Control; MAC—Media Access Control; MAC—Message authentication code; MANET—Mobile Ad-Hoc Network; MAN—Metropolitan Area Network; MAPI—Messaging Application Programming Interface; MBCS—Multi Byte Character Set; MBD—Model-Based Design; MBR—Master Boot Record; Mb—Megabit; MB—Megabyte; Mbps—Megabits per ...

  6. Protocol data unit - Wikipedia

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    A media access control protocol data unit (MAC PDU or MPDU) is a message that is exchanged between media access control (MAC) entities in a communication system based on the layered OSI model. [ 3 ] In systems where the MPDU may be larger than the MAC service data unit (MSDU), the MPDU may include multiple MSDUs as a result of packet aggregation .

  7. Network processor - Wikipedia

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    Intel FWIXP422BB. A network processor is an integrated circuit which has a feature set specifically targeted at the networking application domain.. Network processors are typically software programmable devices and would have generic characteristics similar to general purpose central processing units that are commonly used in many different types of equipment and products.

  8. Router (computing) - Wikipedia

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    A router in a local area network (LAN) of a single organization is called an interior router. A router that is operated in the Internet backbone is described as exterior router. While a router that connects a LAN with the Internet or a wide area network (WAN) is called a border router, or gateway router. [24]

  9. Physical layer - Wikipedia

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    A PHY connects a link layer device (often called MAC as an acronym for medium access control) to a physical medium such as an optical fiber or copper cable. A PHY device typically includes both physical coding sublayer (PCS) and physical medium dependent (PMD) layer functionality.