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Nic
DATE: 2009-06-11 | AUTHOR: OSCAR | CATEGORY: OPINION-AND-EDITORIAL | [imported from WP]
The word “nic” is short for Network interface card, us in IT use the term mostly in casual and colloquial tech speak. I think it is preferred to call it a network card, or ethernet card when you use the term in writing.
Nics have unique addresses, and these are called MAC addresses.