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network interface card
Last modified: Tuesday, February 18, 2003
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 information center This site, from KMJ Communications, provides links to information on various network interface cards. Cards are organized by network topology, bus architecture and vendor categories.
ATM network interface card evaluations Contains evaluations of several manufacturer ATM network interface cards. The evaluations are part of a Local ATM (LATM) project involving ATM switches and network interface cards.