physical address
<memory management> The address presented to a computer's main memory in
a virtual memory system, in contrast to the virtual address which is the address
generated by the CPU. A memory management unit translates virtual addresses into
physical addresses.
(1995-03-31)
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physical addressing
<networking> The low level addressing scheme used on Ethernet. The 48-bit
destination Ethernet address in a packet is compared with the receiving node's
Ethernet address.
Compare Internet address.
(1994-12-23)
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