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MAC Last modified: Tuesday, May 05, 2009

(1) Short for Media Access Control. See MAC address or MAC layer. (2) When spelled Mac, the brand name and registered trademark for a line of computers from Apple Inc. See under Macintosh computer. (3) Short for Mandatory Access Control.

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