(1) Any computer in the network. (2) A platform for personal computers introduced in 1996 that never caught on. However, the concept was valid and has subsequently been embodied in Web-based ...

What is MAC Media Access Control? MAC, also known as media access control, is an important technology in computer networks. Its main responsibility is to coordinate the occupation of a shared ...

A Metropolitan Area Network, or MAN, is a series of LANs (Local Area Networks) that are interconnected through various means in a Metropolitan area such as a city and its subburbs. If a company has a ...

A Wide Area Network, or WAN, is a series of smaller LANs (Local Area Networks) that are interconnected through various means over very large distances whether they be cities, states, or even countries ...

(1) Networking components in a single package. The term may refer to hardware such as a wireless base station that is a complete package or to software such as a centralized management console that ...