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MAC address

Term · Computing and IT · MLC-T-CMP-000706

A hardware identification number that uniquely identifies each device on a network. This address is assigned by the manufacturer and embedded into the network interface controller (NIC) of a device. It operates at the data link layer of the OSI model and is a 48-bit identifier, often represented as six pairs of hexadecimal digits.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CMP-000706
FieldComputing and IT
SubjectHardware
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-CMP-000706",
  "term": "MAC address",
  "field": "Computing and IT",
  "definition": "A hardware identification number that uniquely identifies each device on a network. This address is assigned by the manufacturer and embedded into the network interface controller (NIC) of a device. It operates at the data link layer of the OSI model and is a 48-bit identifier, often represented as six pairs of hexadecimal digits.",
  "subject": "Hardware",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/computing/mac-address/"
}

Record 774 of 1,553 in Computing and IT terminology (MLC-0101). Request the full dataset.