Network Segment - Other Uses

Other Uses

• The term network segment is sometimes used to refer to the portion of a computer network in which computers can access each other using a data link layer protocol (e.g., in Ethernet, this would be the ability to send an Ethernet packet to others using their MAC addresses). In this case, it is synonymous with broadcast domain.
• Occasionally, the term refers to a subnetwork.
• It is also applied to a language space within the Internet, such as Runet or Kaznet.