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Definitions of medium attachment unit:

• A transceiver (transmitter/receiver) comprising hardware circuitry that provides the correct electrical or optical connection between the computer and IEEE 802.3 LAN media. Since MAUs typically support only one type of network medium, a choice of MAUs is available to support different media. It detects carrier and collision activity, passing the information to the Computer. It can be a standalone unit or incorporated in a circuit board inside the computer,
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• The transceiver in Ethernet networks. Also a common name for the MSAU (Multi-station Access Unit) in Token-Ring networks.
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• MAU is an acronym for Medium Attachment Unit which converts signals on an Ethernet cable to and from AUI signals.
  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium_Attachment_Unit

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