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MAC address

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Media Access Control address; a unique identifying number assigned to most network devices.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, networking, physical-sciences, sciences

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21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: adreça MAC — Media Access Control address
  • Chinese Cantonese: MAC地址 (mek1 dei6 zi2) — Media Access Control address
  • Chinese Cantonese: 媒體存取控制地址 /媒体存取控制地址 (mui4 tai2 cyun4 ceoi2 hung3 zai3 dei6 zi2) — Media Access Control address
  • Chinese Mandarin: MAC地址 (māk dìzhǐ) — Media Access Control address
  • Chinese Mandarin: 媒體存取控制地址 /媒体存取控制地址 (méitǐ cúnqǔ kòngzhì dìzhǐ) — Media Access Control address
  • Chinese Mandarin: MAC位址 (māk wèizhǐ) — Media Access Control address
  • Chinese Mandarin: 媒體存取控制位址 /媒体存取控制位址 (méitǐ cúnqǔ kòngzhì wèizhǐ) — Media Access Control address
  • Esperanto: MAC-adreso — Media Access Control address
  • Estonian: MAC-aadress — Media Access Control address
  • Finnish: MAC-osoite — Media Access Control address
  • French: adresse MAC — Media Access Control address
  • German: MAC-Adresse — Media Access Control address
  • Indonesian: alamat kendali akses media — Media Access Control address
  • Italian: indirizzo MAC — Media Access Control address
  • Japanese: MACアドレス — Media Access Control address
  • Korean: MAC 주소 (MAC juso) — Media Access Control address
  • Polish: adres MAC — Media Access Control address
  • Portuguese: endereço MAC — Media Access Control address
  • Spanish: dirección MAC — Media Access Control address
  • Vietnamese: địa chỉ điều khiển truy cập thiết bị — Media Access Control address
  • Vietnamese: địa chỉ truy cập thiết bị — Media Access Control address