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MAC address | The Media Access Control address is a unique, |
| identify each Ethernet network device. It is expressed as a sequence of 12 hexadecimal digits printed |
| on the SBG rear panel. You need to provide the HFC MAC address to the cable service 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 about 8 million 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, coaxial, unshielded |
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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. Also |
| called a group operator. |
MTU | The Maximum Transmission Unit is the largest amount of data that can be transmitted in one discrete |
| message on a given physical network. The MTU places an upper bound on the size of a message that |
| can be transferred by the network in a single frame. Messages 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 |
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