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Line 164: Source: [https://community.cisco.com/t5/networking-documents/cam-content-addressable-memory-vs-tcam-ternary-content/ta-p/3107938 community.cisco.com] ;CAM CAM tables provide only two results: 0 (true) or 1 (false). CAM is most useful for building tables that search on exact matches such as MAC address tables. Line 169 ⟶ 170: In the case of Layer 2 switching tables, the switch must find an exact match to a destination MAC address or the switch floods the packet out all ports in the VLAN. ;TCAM TCAM provides three results: 0, 1, and "don't care." *TCAM is most useful for building tables for searching on longest matches such as IP routing tables organized by IP prefixes.

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