M-N
MAC (Media Access Control) address
The unique physical serial number given by the manufacturer to every networking device used for network communication.
A security measure for wireless networks whereby access through a wireless signal is restricted to specified MAC addresses, and others are rejected. Also called MAC filtering.
1 million bits. When measured over time, this is the standard transmission-rate unit for high-speed modems, such as 2 megabytes per second (Mbps).
megabyte (MB)
1,048,576 bytes.
Device that translates computer language for transmission over a network media (phone line, cable, DSL, and so on) and back again.
Network Address Translation (NAT)
The technology ...
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