Web Hosting Glossary,Terms Letter: M

Terms Letter: M


MAC
Media Access Control. A protocol operating at the data link layer used to manage a station’s access to the network.

MAC Address
Media Access Control address (also hardware or physical address). Unique hardware serial number that uniquely identifies a device on a local area network.

Mailing List
An e-mail based discussion group. Sending one e-mail message to the mailing list's list server sends mail to all other members of the group. Users join a mailing list by subscribing. A Mailing list can have owner and/or moderators which control what is…