NIC
The Network Card (or NIC, network interface card) is a card inside your computer that connects your PC to the Internet or a local network. If you have a LAN at work, that computer also uses an Ethernet port on a network card. Many PCs now have the network card and LAN port native on the mainboard itself, so often it isn't technically a card anymore. Since historically it was an optional card installed in an expansion slot, and because wireless network adapters are still often installed this way in PCs, the nickname is still in use. You can add a network card to your computer if needed, wireless or wired, via an expansion slot.
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