A wireless network interface controller (WNIC) is a network card which connects to a radio-based computer network, unlike a regular network interface controller (NIC) which connects to a wire-based network such as token ring or ethernet.
Take the place of
Provide or find a substitute for (something that is broken, old, or inoperative)
Fill the role of (someone or something) with a substitute
supplant: take the place or move into the position of; "Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left"; "the computer has supplanted the slide rule"; "Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school"
put something back where it belongs; "replace the book on the shelf after you have finished reading it"; "please put the clean dishes back in the cabinet when you have washed them"
substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected); "He replaced the old razor blade"; "We need to replace the secretary that left a month ago"; "the insurance will replace the lost income"; "This antique vase can
A microcomputer that is portable and suitable for use while traveling
a portable computer small enough to use in your lap
Jesse Hartman is a musician, filmmaker and actor, living in New York's East Village.
A laptop is a personal computer designed for mobile use that is small and light enough for a person to rest on their lap.
365-162: More effort than it should have been
One day, I'll actually buy a computer that is ready to go the instant I turn it on. One that doesn't require four hours to fight with the OS over whether there's a wireless card inside and, more importantly, which one is it.
(Oo, even better. Once I finally finished? The inverter for the screen died. So I have to replace that, too. Whee! Thank goodness for eBay)
Kenny's Laptop
He brought it by for me to debug a wireless problem but it's just not working. Time to replace the PCMCIA card methinks.