L3
nounEtymology From Level 3.
› Short for third level in various contexts
1
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences The third-level cache of a processor, farther away from the processor than the second-level cache.
2
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Networking, Physical sciences, Sciences The network layer in the seven-layer OSI network model.
- an L3 switch