MAC Layer is the acronym for Media Access Control Layer. This said Media Access Control Layer happens to be one of the two sublayers that comprises of the Data Link Layer of the OSI model. The Media Access Control layer is majorly responsible or in charge of moving various data packets to the Network Interface Card, and also from the Network Interface Card (NIC) across a particular shared channel. The Media Access Control sublayer and the logical link control sublayer together are what makes up the data link layer.
