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• 300 bps - 1960s through 1983 or so
• 1200 bps - Gained popularity in 1984 and 1985
• 2400 bps
• 9600 bps - First appeared in late 1990 and early 1991
• 19.2 kilobits per second (Kbps)
• 28.8 Kbps
• 33.6 Kbps
• 56 Kbps - Became the standard in 1998
• ADSL, with theoretical maximum of up to 8 megabits per second (Mbps) - Gained popularity in 1999

The network card also known as the network adapter, modem, or NIC( Networking Interface Card. The NIC is a Board or Chip, That allows you 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.

These are parts of a NIC

BNC - The BNC connector is a round connector which is used for Thinnet or 10Base-2 Local Area Network.

DB9 - The DB9 connector, not to be confused with the Serial Port, or sometimes referred to as the RJ45 JACK, not to be confused with the RJ45 connection, is used with Token Ring networks.

DB-15 - The DB-15 connector is used for a Thicknet or 10Base-5 Local area network.

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.

LED -The LEDs, as shown in the above illustration, indicates if it detects a network; generally by a green light which may flash as it communicates, and then a red light which indicates collisions which will generally flash or not flash at all.

Every Ethernet network card has a 48 bit serial number called a MAC address, that is on the ROM of every card.