---
title: "What is MAC Address?"  
description: "What is MAC Address?"  
author: "Prakash nidhi Verma"  
published: 2018-06-23  
updated: 2020-09-18  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/23442/what-is-mac-address  
category: "c#"  
tags: ["network"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

---

# What is MAC Address?

Media Access Control (MAC address) having unique identifier to assigned to network interfaces for communications at data link layer. It is a 48 bit identifier assigned for every device connected to a network.MAC addresses are used for network technologies including Ethernet and wifi.

Example: 08:01:27:0E:25:B8 in format MM:MM:MM:SS:SS:SS.

## Answers

### Answer by Prakash nidhi Verma

Media Access Control (MAC address) having unique identifier to assigned to network interfaces for communications at data link layer. It is a 48 bit identifier assigned for every device connected to a network.MAC addresses are used for network technologies including Ethernet and wifi.

Example: 08:01:27:0E:25:B8 in format MM:MM:MM:SS:SS:SS.


---

Original Source: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/23442/what-is-mac-address

Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.