media access control

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media access control - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  Media Access Control
  Medium Access Control
  
     <networking> (MAC) The lower sublayer of the OSI data link layer
     .  The interface between a node's Logical Link Control
      and the network's physical layer.  The MAC differs
     for various physical media.
  
     See also MAC Address, Ethernet, IEEE 802.3, token ring.
  
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     (1996-01-29)