MAC   See Media Access Control (MAC) address.
MAC address   See Media Access Control (MAC) address.
MAC filtering   Allowing or denying traffic based on MAC addresses. (15)
magnetic mass storage   Device that stores digital data on magnetized media, such as floppy disks, the metal platters in hard disk drives, and magnetic tape media used in tape drives. (4)
mainboard   See motherboard.
malware   Software created to perform malicious acts. Also called malicious software. (17)
manual installation   See attended installation.
master boot record (MBR)   The first physical sector on a hard disk, which contains the initial boot program that the BIOS loads into memory during bootup. It also contains the partition table. (6)
mass storage device   A ...

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