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MAC Address Terms
Network Fundamentals / Ch. 3 - Fundamentals of LANs
| LAN Addressing Term or Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| MAC | Media Access Control. 802.3 (Ethernet) defines the MAC sublayer of IEEE Ethernet. |
| Ethernet address, NIC address, LAN address | Other names often used instead of MAC address. These terms describe the 6-byte address of the LAN interface card. |
| Burned-in address | The 6-byte address assigned by the vendor making the card. |
| Unicast address | A term for a MAC that represents a single LAN interface. |
| Broadcast address | An address that means “all devices that reside on this LAN right now.” |
| Multicast address | On Ethernet, a multicast address implies some subset of all devices currently on the Ethernet LAN. |