"network interface card" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: network interface cards [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} network interface card (plural network interface cards)
  1. A computer hardware component designed to allow computers to communicate over a computer network. Wikipedia link: network interface card Categories (topical): Computing Synonyms: network adapter, network interface controller, NIC, LAN adapter Translations (computer hardware component): verkkosovitin (Finnish), verkkokortti (Finnish), Netzwerkkarte [feminine] (German), karta sieciowa [feminine] (Polish)

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