Nic vs Adapter - What's the difference?
nic | adapter |
One who is capable of adapting well to differing situations.
One who adapts a thing, e.g. a play.
A device or application used to achieve operative compatibility between devices that otherwise are incompatible.
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# Specifically, a device that permits two, three, or more plugs to be used at a single electrical power point.
# Specifically, a device that allows one format of plug to be used with a different format of socket.
# Specifically, an AC-adaptor: a device that reduces voltage and converts AC to DC to allow a battery-powered device to use mains power.
As an acronym NIC
is network interface card: used to interface a computer to a network.As a proper noun Nic
is a diminutive of the female given names Nicola, Nichola, and Nicole.As a noun adapter is
one who is capable of adapting well to differing situations.nic
Translingual
adapter
English
(wikipedia adapter)Alternative forms
* (l)Noun
(en noun)- He was an able adapter , and could easily adjust to the differences when the company changed ownership.
- The critic gave rave reviews to the adapter of the ancient play, who worked to give the text more relevance to the modern day.
- He had an adapter that let him plug his phone into the car's cigarette lighter for power.
- The wall outlet sprouted an electrical monstrosity of adapters''' plugged into '''adapters that sparked ominously.
- We bought adapters to use our three-prong plugs in the two-prong, unpolarized outlets of the old house.
- I lost my cellphone's adaptor so I couldn't recharge it.