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  2. HP Pavilion dv9000 series - Wikipedia

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    Windows 7 has been known to work flawlessly on the HP Pavilion dv9000 series in several tests, especially when using the official Windows Vista drivers provided by HP. While Windows 7 (and by extension, Windows Vista) was offered in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions, most if not all dv9000 series owners generally preferred the 32-bit versions of ...

  3. Network interface controller - Wikipedia

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    12 early ISA 8 bit and 16 bit PC network cards. The lower right-most card is an early wireless network card, and the central card with partial beige plastic cover is a PSTN modem. Intel Ophir 82571 dual-port Gigabit Ethernet controller die. Network controllers were originally implemented as expansion cards that plugged into a computer bus.

  4. Ethernet - Wikipedia

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    Ethernet was developed at Xerox PARC between 1973 and 1974 [4] [5] as a means to allow Alto computers to communicate with each other. [6] It was inspired by ALOHAnet, which Robert Metcalfe had studied as part of his PhD dissertation [7] [8] and was originally called the Alto Aloha Network. [6]

  5. Troubleshoot a broadband internet connection - AOL Help

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    Check if you can visit other sites with a different browser - If you can go to another site, the problem may be associated the browser you're using. If you don't have another browser, download a supported one for free. 2. Check the physical connection - A loose cable or cord can often be the cause of a connection problem. Make sure everything ...

  6. Computer network - Wikipedia

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    An ATM network interface in the form of an accessory card. A lot of network interfaces are built-in. A network interface controller (NIC) is computer hardware that connects the computer to the network media and has the ability to process low-level network information. For example, the NIC may have a connector for plugging in a cable, or an ...

  7. Physical coding sublayer - Wikipedia

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    The physical coding sublayer (PCS) is a networking protocol sublayer in the Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, and 10 Gigabit Ethernet standards. It resides at the top of the physical layer (PHY), and provides an interface between the physical medium attachment (PMA) sublayer and the media-independent interface (MII).

  8. EtherType - Wikipedia

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    EtherType is a two-octet field in an Ethernet frame.It is used to indicate which protocol is encapsulated in the payload of the frame and is used at the receiving end by the data link layer to determine how the payload is processed.

  9. Kernel (operating system) - Wikipedia

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    Device drivers are used for e.g. video cards, sound cards, printers, scanners, modems, and Network cards. At the hardware level, common abstractions of device drivers include: Interfacing directly; Using a high-level interface (Video BIOS) Using a lower-level device driver (file drivers using disk drivers)