Network interface card
The Network Interface Card is a circuit board that is installed in the file server and workstations that make up the network. It allows the hardware in the network to send and receive data.
Often abbreviated as NIC, an expansion board you insert into a computer so the computer can be connected to a network. Most NICs are designed for a particular type of network, protocol, and media, although some can serve multiple networks.
(network interface card) The hardware that connects an individual computer to a network. See
Ethernet .
