What is a computer network card?

Bailey Lares: Yes the answer to your question in part of your question. However, I most add of course that some times the card my not be slotted, it may be on board that is part of the motherboard but like the slotted one, it helps to connect on a network also. It is sometimes called NIC (Network Interface Card).

Fritz Hawkey: youve just answered it but i will add on to it.dont worry.i wont put really unfamiluar words.so i barely leale to learned this.its a card in your mother baord,that helps you connect to your computer.without it,you cannot connect to the interent.now,if your network card is bad,you'd have to replace it.becuz you wont be able to fix the internet if u dont replace it.duh....

Moira Woodrow: most motherboards today have a built in network adapter port so you can connect to a newtwork of use broadband. If your motherboard doesn't have one then you would need to install a network card which has a lan port built into the card so you can connect t! o a network or high speed internet.

Azalee Ahrendes: A NIC, or Network Interface Card, is a circuit board or chip, which allows the computer to communicate to other computers on a Network. This board, when connected to a cable or other method of transferring data such as infrared, can share resources, information and computer hardware. Local or Wide area networks are generally used for large businesses as well as are beginning to be found in homes as home users begin to have more than one computer. Utilizing network cards to connect to a network allow users to share data such as companies being able to have the capability of having a database that can be accessed all at the same time, send and receive e-mail internally within the company, or share hardware devices such as printers. Short for Network Interface Card, a NIC, also referred to as a "network adapter", is an expansion card that enables a computer to connect to a network such as a home network and/or the I! nternet or another computer using an Ethernet cable with a RJ-! 45 connector. RJ45 - Today, one of the most popular types of connections used with computer networks. RJ45 looks similar to a phone connector or RJ11 connector but is slightly larger. ...Show more

Jerrod Guilfoil: you just answered your own questionQWhat is a computer network card?AThe card slotted in the computer motherboard for connection to the network system