mac address
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.32 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Media Access Control address; a unique identifying number assigned to most network devices.
Example Sentences
- "The MAC address substitution module then substitutes the source MAC address and the destination MAC address of the packet before it is forwarded into the interface port. The source MAC address is replaced by that of the output interface, and the destination MAC address is replaced by that of the immediate next hop (a router or the destination host)."
- "Our analysis illustrates that MAC address randomization policies are neither universally implemented nor effective at eliminating privacy concerns."
- "MAC addresses are learned by the source MAC address on incoming frames to the switch, not the destination frames."