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Media access control

nounid 3238·updated May 9, 2026
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A unique identifier assigned to network interfaces for communications on the physical network segment

MWE

Classifications

Entity Type

Network92%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

acronym
MAC address
plural
Media access controls
possessive
Media access control's
pluralpossessive
Media access controls'

Framework definitions

ISACA Cybersecurity Glossary1 senseview framework →
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A unique identifier assigned to network interfaces for communications on the physical network segment

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