What is a Network Card?

What is a Network Card - Tips, Tutorials & Techniques?

So what is a network card?

Basically to sum it up, a network card is a piece of computer hardware, that is designed to allow computers to communicate over a network.

This page is designed to be the main page for the computer networking section. Hopefully it will be able to provide me with some useful information as to what a network card is, and how it can be used.

Computer Network Card Explained

This page will answer more of your technical questions about the network card.

As with everything in computers, there are difficult terms and other things that are hard to understand.

So for technical help on the network card, read this.

How to install a Network Card?

This page is more a tutorial on how to install a network card. The majority of new computers, will have a network port built into the motherboard, so you won't have any need or issues with installing a network card.

However, you may need to install a wireless card, or decide to upgrade to a faster speed, and in these circumstances its good to understand what's involved. So this article may be helpful to you in that way. Click here for the tutorial on how to install a network card.

Types of Network Cards

There are also different types of network cards. There are wireless network cards, usb network adapters, typical network cards and more.

Computer Network Cables

When connecting computer network cards to eachother or even to a hub/switch or router, you need network cables. However, there are different types and different categories of network cables. Read more on the types of network cables here.

Conclusion

Well I hope that through this article and the ones that it links to, you will be able to answer the question, "What is a Network Card and What does it do?".

If you have any questions about network cards, be sure to let me know or leave your opinion in the form below.

Computer Monitor

A computer monitor is the viewing display of a computer. People often get confused and call the monitor the computer. The reason they get mixed up is because the monitor is the unit that people look at and is usually quite big. There are two types of monitors, these are the CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) and the LCD (Liquid Crystal Display). The CRT is the older of these two types and is very chunky unlike the LCD monitors which are very thin.

A computer monitor connects to the computer's video card. The information is sent from the computer, processed by the graphics card and then sent through the cable to the monitor where it becomes visible. The monitor does not store information but only displays what is sent from the computer.

This means a computer can run without a monitor but there would be no point as the user cannot see anything he does.

The CRT monitor connects through the VGA (Video Graphics Array) port on the graphics card while the LCD monitor can connect either through the S-VGA port or the DVI (Digital VideoInterface) Port.

A pc monitor is measured in inches. Common screen sizes are 15", 17", 19", 20", and 22". Some screens reach sizes of 40" or more but this is rare. A monitor is measured from one corner diagonally to the other. This gives it's size in inches.

The LCD monitors which are more recent then the CRT monitor are very useful in saving desk space and are usually easier on the eyes. LCD widescreen monitors have also become popular and these stretch further across. The widescreen monitor takes a while to get used to but once you do it feels much better. Not only can you watch movies in full capacity but you can sometimes view two A4 pages at the same time and it is much easier to turn your head sideways then up and down.

See this page on how to choose a monitor to work out what monitor is in your budget and suits your needs.

Computer Sound Card

A computer sound card has a great importance in cpu(central processing unit).It plays the role of a music of the computers

What is a Sound Card?

A computer sound card is an additional card that is often included in the motherboard. This computer component is not compulsory but it is useful to have as most programs use a sound card.

Find more information and have your question answered, "what is a sound card"?

A computer sound card is used by a computer for music, sounds during applications and entertainment (TV, movies and games). A typical sound card usually has four ports. The largest port is the Midi/Game port, which is used for connecting a joystick or gaming controller to. The other three ports look similar and are generally green, pink and blue.

Underneath each port will be a small engraving of what each port does. The pink port is for a microphone which can record sound to the computer. The green port is line out and this is where the speakers are connected to produce sound from the computer. The blue port is line in and this is for connecting a CD-player or cassette tape to the computer.