Virtualization fundamentals and Ethernet switching concepts

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Explain virtualization at a foundational level, including the purpose of abstracting compute resources from underlying physical hardware.
Identify common virtualization components and concepts, including virtual machines, hypervisors, and the basic difference between physical and virtualized workloads.
Describe how an Ethernet switch builds and uses a MAC address table to make Layer 2 forwarding decisions.

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Explain the concept of frame flooding, frame filtering, and MAC address learning within a switched network.

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