Media Access Control
This is a unique machine ID, also known as 'Mac Address' in terms of networking.
Mac is short for Macintosh
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in networking terms, reliability means ensuring that each segment that the source send arrives at the destination
A MAC address is used as a unique identifier that is assigned to network interfaces. Two networking devices that transmit packets based on MAC addresses are switches and bridges.
Yes -- Mac OS X makes networking and file sharing as simple to set up as Windows 7.
mac is a small gun. by Vishnu.S
local area networking
in the dictionary app on mac OS X, mac is defined as "a mackintosh" (kind-of silly that they misspelled "macintosh".
Vlan trunk Protocol
PC stands for Personal Computer. Mac is short for Macintosh.
The MAC address is a unique identifier for a networking card. Each networking card has a MAC address assigned to it during it's manufacturing, and thus it does not change when a computer moves between networks (unlike an IP address which is assigned by the network). A few things to note: - A computer only has a MAC address if it has a physical or virtual network card - A computer has as many MAC addresses as it has networking cards - MAC addresses CAN be modified before being broadcast to the rest of the network, however generally this results in the computer not receiving intended traffic and requires specialized software