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Medium Access Control

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Jaume Sabater
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Jaume Sabater
CTO and systems engineer

In computer networks, various types of addresses are introduced, each working at a different layer. A Medium Access Control (MAC) address is a unique, 48-bit hardware address that is embedded into a network card during manufacturing and works at the data link layer for use as a network address in communications within a network segment.

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