What is network interface card?
A Network Interface Card (NIC) is a computer circuit board that is installed in a computer so that it can be connected to a network. Most NICs are designed for a particular type of network, protocol, and media. Personal computers and workstations on a local area network (LAN) typically contain a network interface card specifically designed for the LAN transmission technology, such as Ethernet or token ring. What is the ARF? The abbr. of Activation Request File used for offline activation. When you proceed with the offline activation, a file named epactivationrequest.par will be created after entering the SN. That is the ARF.
NIC (network interface card) is the hardware equipment connecting computer with network physically. As the direct connection between computer and communication medium on LAN, NIC has different types according to network techniques, for instance, ATM NIC, Token-Ring NIC, Ethernet NIC and so on. Approximately 180% LAN, as statistics, adopts Ethernet technique currently.
