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Question
Explain the following device:
NIC
Solution
An Ethernet card, also known as Network Interface Card (NIC card in short) is a network adapter used to set up a wired network.
It acts as an interface between the computer and the network. It is a circuit board mounted on the motherboard of a computer.
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