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Media Access method is nothing but a cable access method, which defines a set of rules to any NIC (Network Interface Card) for how to put data on and retrieve it from a network cable. Media Access Methods: CSMA/CD -  Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection CSMA/CA – Carrier Sense Multiple Access / Collision Avoidance Token Passing or Token Ring Polling CSMA/CD (IEEE 802.3) In CSMA/CD method, every computer can transmit at any time. Hence, this method is a contention-based method. Detects collision after transmitting data. Efficient in medium-sized networks (less collisions) Ethernet (Mostly Wired LAN) works on IEEE 802.3 CSMA/CD standard. How collision occurs in CSMA/CD? How collision is detected in CSMA/CD? Step by step process: Carrier Sense: NICs that use CSMA/CD listen or sense the cable whether there is a carrier signal indicating that the network is currently being used. If the node hears a signal, it waits for a random period of time....