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{"id":4624,"date":"2022-08-09T12:12:52","date_gmt":"2022-08-09T12:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/?p=4624"},"modified":"2022-08-09T12:12:52","modified_gmt":"2022-08-09T12:12:52","slug":"what-is-nic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/networking\/what-is-nic\/","title":{"rendered":"What is NIC ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">NIC- Network Interface Card.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is a hardware component that is present on the computer.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is used to connect <strong>different networking devices<\/strong>such as servers and computers to share data over the connected network.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">It provides functionality such as support for Direct Memory Access (DMA) interfaces, I\/O interrupt,\u00a0data transmission and partioning.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Through network NIC is important for us to establish a wired or wireless connection.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Network Interface Card is also known as <strong>Network Adapter, Connection card<\/strong><strong>, <\/strong><strong>Network Interface Controller, Ethernet card and Local Area Network adapter.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Network Interface Card is used to convert data into digital signal.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Network Interface Card uses the network layer to transmit data packets and the physical layer to transmit signals in Open System Interconnections (OSI).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">It offers both Wireless and Wire data communication techniques.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4625\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/network-interface-card.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1358\" height=\"672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/network-interface-card.png 1358w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/network-interface-card-300x148.png 300w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/network-interface-card-1024x507.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/network-interface-card-768x380.png 768w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/network-interface-card-390x193.png 390w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/network-interface-card-820x406.png 820w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/network-interface-card-1180x584.png 1180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1358px) 100vw, 1358px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NIC- Network Interface Card. 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