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On an Ethernet, a ____ is broadcast to every device but is accepted only by the device to which it is addressed.

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If the network is wired through a hub, all packets are broadcast to all nodes and only (you hope) accepted by the machine to which it's addressed.

If the network is wired through a switch, then the packets go directly to the machine to which their addressed.
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