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Network Interface Card
A Network Interface Card (NIC) is a physical piece of hardware that connects a computer to a network. Like other pieces of computer hardware, these devices have evolved over time. Originally, they were expansions added to a computer. Today, they are generally included as attachments to a computer's motherboard.
What Small and Midsize Businesses Need to Know About Network Interface Card
Most businesses won't need to be aware of or engage with Network Interface Cards in their devices, unless they operate in the IT space.
Related terms
- Haptics
- WAN (Wide-Area Network)
- Intranet
- SLO (Service-Level Objective)
- Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR)
- Scalability
- Service-Level Agreement (SLA)
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Identity and Access Management (IAM)
- Data Center
- Augmented Reality (AR)
- Synchronous
- Multitenancy
- Chief Information Officer (CIO)
- IT Services
- Authorization
- Service-oriented Architecture (SOA)
- Platform as a Service (PaaS)
- Managed Service Provider (MSP)
- Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
