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Chapter 8 - Glossary
MAC
address
Media Access Control address
The permanent hardware address of a device, assigned
by its manufacturer. MAC addresses are expressed as six
pairs of characters.
mask See network mask.
Multicast To send data to a group of network devices.
Mbps Abbreviation for Megabits per second, or one million bits
per second. Network data rates are often expressed in
Mbps.
Monitor Also called “Roving Analysis”, allow you to attach a network
analyzer to one port and use it to monitor the traffics of
other ports on the switch.
Network A group of computers that are connected together, allowing
them to communicate with each other and share resources,
such as software, files, etc. A network can be small, such
as a LAN, or very large, such as the Internet.
network
mask
A network mask is a sequence of bits applied to an IP
address to select the network ID while ignoring the host
ID. Bits set to 1 mean “select this bit” while bits set to 0
mean “ignore this bit.” For example, if the network mask
255.255.255.0 is applied to the IP address 100.10.50.1,
the network ID is 100.10.50, and the host ID is 1. See
also binary, IP address, subnet, “IP Addresses Explained”
section.
NIC Network Interface Card
An adapter card that plugs into your computer and provides
the physical interface to your network cabling, which
for Ethernet NICs is typically an RJ-45 connector. See
Ethernet, RJ-45.