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  • NIC- Network Interface Card.
  • It is a hardware component that is present on the computer.
  • It is used to connect different networking devicessuch as servers and computers to share data over the connected network.
  • It provides functionality such as support for Direct Memory Access (DMA) interfaces, I/O interrupt, data transmission and partioning.
  • Through network NIC is important for us to establish a wired or wireless connection.
  • Network Interface Card is also known as Network Adapter, Connection card, Network Interface Controller, Ethernet card and Local Area Network adapter.
  • Network Interface Card is used to convert data into digital signal.
  • Network Interface Card uses the network layer to transmit data packets and the physical layer to transmit signals in Open System Interconnections (OSI).
  • It offers both Wireless and Wire data communication techniques.

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