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Network Taps

nounid 3364·updated May 9, 2026
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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

Physical85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

possessive
Network Taps's
pluralpossessive
Network Tapses'

Framework definitions

SANS Glossary of Security Terms1 senseview framework →
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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.
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
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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