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Network Interface vs. network adapter
# Network Interface vs. network adapter
创建时间：2021/8/4 1:23
- 概念
概念
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A network interface controller (NIC, also known as a network interface card , network adapter , LAN adapter or physical network interface ) - a computer hardware component that connects a computer to a computer network.
network interface is a software or hardware interface between two pieces of equipment or protocol layers in a computer network.
An "Adapter" is a piece of hardware. A "network interface" is a software construct. Usually, there is one network interface per adapter. But there may be network interfaces which are not from an adapter. And there may be multiple interfaces per adapter.