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VLAN

Term · Cybersecurity · MLC-T-CYB-004575

A broadcast domain that is partitioned and isolated within a network at the data link layer. A single physical local area network (LAN) can be logically partitioned into multiple, independent VLANs; a group of devices on one or more physical LANs can be configured to communicate within the same VLAN, as if they were attached to the same physical LAN.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CYB-004575
FieldCybersecurity
ExpansionsVirtual LAN; Virtual Local Area Network
ReferencesNIST SP 1800-15B; NIST CSRC Glossary
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-CYB-004575",
  "term": "VLAN",
  "field": "Cybersecurity",
  "definition": "A broadcast domain that is partitioned and isolated within a network at the data link layer. A single physical local area network (LAN) can be logically partitioned into multiple, independent VLANs; a group of devices on one or more physical LANs can be configured to communicate within the same VLAN, as if they were attached to the same physical LAN.",
  "expansions": [
    "Virtual LAN",
    "Virtual Local Area Network"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NIST SP 1800-15B",
    "NIST CSRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/cybersecurity/vlan/"
}

Record 4,575 of 4,693 in Cybersecurity terminology (MLC-0102). Request the full dataset.