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NIC

Term · Computing and IT · MLC-T-CMP-000813

A hardware component, also known as a Network Interface Card, that connects a computing device to a network. It functions as an interface at the physical and data link layers of the OSI model, translating data between the computer's internal bus and the network medium. Every NIC is manufactured with a unique 48-bit Media Access Control (MAC) address, which is used to identify the device on a local network.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CMP-000813
FieldComputing and IT
SubjectHardware
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-CMP-000813",
  "term": "NIC",
  "field": "Computing and IT",
  "definition": "A hardware component, also known as a Network Interface Card, that connects a computing device to a network. It functions as an interface at the physical and data link layers of the OSI model, translating data between the computer's internal bus and the network medium. Every NIC is manufactured with a unique 48-bit Media Access Control (MAC) address, which is used to identify the device on a local network.",
  "subject": "Hardware",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/computing/nic/"
}

Record 898 of 1,553 in Computing and IT terminology (MLC-0101). Request the full dataset.