noun
MAC Protocol; Media Access Control Protocol
Technical term in computer networking; refers to the protocol that controls how devices access a shared communication medium.
イーサネットでは、媒体アクセス制御プロトコルとしてCSMA/CDが使われる。
In Ethernet, CSMA/CD is used as the Media Access Control protocol.
MACアドレス is the hardware address used by the MAC protocol, while 媒体アクセス制御プロトコル refers to the protocol itself.
Compound of 媒体 (medium), アクセス (access), 制御 (control), and プロトコル (protocol), directly translating the English term 'Media Access Control Protocol'.