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2. Network interface controller - Wikipedia

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   The network controller implements the electronic circuitry required to communicate using a specific physical layer and data link layer standard such as Ethernet or Wi-Fi. [a] This provides a base for a full network protocol stack, allowing communication among computers on the same local area network (LAN) and large-scale network communications through routable protocols, such as Internet ...

3. Adapter (computing) - Wikipedia

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   An adapter in regard to computing can be either a hardware component (device) or software that allows two or more incompatible devices to be linked together for the purpose of transmitting and receiving data. [1] Given an input, an adapter alters it in order to provide a compatible connection between the components of a system. [2]

4. Plug computer - Wikipedia

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   Plug computers consist of a high-performance, low-power system-on-a-chip processor, with several I/O hardware ports (USB ports, Ethernet connectors, etc.).Most versions do not have provisions for connecting a display and are best suited to running media servers, back-up services, or file sharing and remote access functions; thus acting as a bridge between in-home protocols (such as Digital ...

5. Wi-Fi - Wikipedia

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   Wireless adapters allow devices to connect to a wireless network. These adapters connect to devices using various external or internal interconnects such as mini PCIe (mPCIe, M.2), USB, ExpressCard and previously PCI, Cardbus, and PC Card. As of 2010, most newer laptop computers come equipped with built-in internal adapters.

6. Tandy 1000 - Wikipedia

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   Tandy offered two color monitors specific for its Tandy 1000 computers: the CM-5, with a 0.64 millimeter dot pitch, [25] and the Tandy CM-11 with a dot pitch of 0.42 mm. [26] Both are 13-inch displays and have a power cable and a nine-pin RGB cable to attach to the Tandy CGA port. The more expensive CM-11 also supports a special proprietary ...

7. Portable computer - Wikipedia

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   These luggable computers still required a continuous connection to an external power source; [3] this limitation was later overcome by the laptop computers. [ 4 ] [ 3 ] Laptops were followed by lighter models such as netbooks , so that in the 2000s mobile devices and by 2007 smartphones made the term "portable" rather meaningless.