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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.
packet Data transmitted on a network consists of units called packets.
Each packet contains a payload (the data), plus overhead information such as where it came
from (source address) and where it should go (destination address).
ping Packet Internet (or Inter-Network) Groper
A program used to verify whether the host associated with an IP address is online. It can also be used to reveal the IP
address for a given domain name.
port A physical access point to a device such as a computer or router,
through which data flows into and out of the device.
protocol A set of rules governing the transmission of data. In order for a
data transmission to work, both ends of the connection have to follow the rules of the protocol.
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