- Industry: Telecommunications
- Number of terms: 29235
- Number of blossaries: 0
- Company Profile:
ATIS is the leading technical planning and standards development organization committed to the rapid development of global, market-driven standards for the information, entertainment and communications industry.
1. Abbreviation for network interface card. A network interface device (NID) in the form of a circuit card that is installed in an expansion slot of a computer to provide network access. Note: Examples of NICs are cards that interface a computer with an Ethernet LAN and cards that interface a computer with an FDDI ring network. 2. Abbreviation for network information center. An entity that provides information management, technical support, and administrative services to users of a given network. Note: NICs can form a hierarchy. A specific NIC, designated at the "Internetwork information center" or "InterNIC," has been the authority that assigns the network numbers to the subnetworks that it connects to the Internet.
Industry:Telecommunications
See NS/EP telecommunications.
Industry:Telecommunications
