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Network Taps

nouncandidate·updated May 9, 2026

Network taps are hardware devices that hook directly onto the network cable and send a copy of the traffic that passes through it to one or more other networked devices.

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Classifications

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

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Network Tapses
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Network Taps's
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