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MAC (Media Access Control)

Term
MAC (Media Access Control)

Abbreviation
MAC

Definition
MAC (Media Access Control) is the lower sublayer of the data link layer (Layer 2) of the seven-layer OSI (Open Systems Interconnection) model in the IEEE reference model of computer networking.

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