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MAC address The Media Access Control address is a unique, 48-bit value perman ently saved in ROM at the factory to
identify each Ethernet network device. It is expressed as a sequence of 12 hexadecimal digits printed
on a Label on the Bottom. You need to provide the HFC MAC address to the cable provider.
Also called an Ethernet address, physical address, hardware address , or NIC address.
MB One megabyte; equals 1,024 x 1,024 bytes, 1,024 kilobytes, or abou t 8m illion bits.
Mbps Million bits per second (megabits per second). A rate of data transfer.
media The various physical environments through which signals pass; for example, coax ial, unshielded
twisted-pair (UTP), or fiber-optic cable.
MIB A management information base is a unique hierarchical structure of software objects used by the
SNMP manager and agent to configure, monitor, or test a device.
MHz Megahertz — one million cycles per second. A measure of radio frequency.
MPDU MAC protocol data unit (PDU)
MSDU MAC service data unit
MSO Multiple Systems Operator. A company that owns and operates more than one cable system. Al so
called a group operator.
MTU The Maximum Transmission Unit is the largest amount of data that can be transmitted in one dis crete
message on a given physical network. The MTU places an upper bound on th e size of a message that
can be transferred by the network in a single frame. M essages exceeding the MTU must be fragmented
before transmission, and reassembled at the destination.
multicast A data transmission sent from one sender to multiple receivers. See also broadcast and unicast.
mW milliwatts