What Is a Network Interface Card Used for?
A network interface card, or NIC, is an installed hardware device that enables computer networking. In networking, one computer is communicates with another, sending and receiving information via a shared channel designed for such a purpose. The most obvious example of this practice is the Internet and those who access it to present and obtain information. Yet there are many other networks, a number of ways to access them, and considerable methods for transferring data across them. For this reason, NICs are not only used to enable networking, they are also used to support the countless networking preferences maintained by computer users.
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