A NIC (Network Interface Card) is commonly used to refer to a network adapter. The most popular NICs are Ethernet cards that enable computers to be connected to an Ethernet LAN or similar network. NICs can be internal cards (PCI or ISA) or external devices like USB or PCMCIA cards.

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