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there is the time it takes the source NICto place voltage pulses on the wire and the time it takes the receiving NIC to interpret these pulses. This is sometimes called NIC delay

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The physical address is a fixed number associated with a device's nic it is initially assigned at the factory and stored in the nic's on-board memory you can find a nic's mac address through your co?

if by co you mean computer then yes you go to command prompt and type in "ipconfig/all" and you go to "network interface(or whatever it calls your nic)" and it will show u the physical address of your nic


Is NIC a processing device?

In computer hardware, NIC typically stands for a network interface card, commonly also called the network card.While a typical NIC may include some processing capability, this is normally very limited and doesn't qualify the NIC as a general purpose processing device.


What are the 4 main types of delays occured in packet switching?

Processing delay Queuing delay Transmission delay Propagation delay


What is NIC identifier?

It is the 12 hexadecimal digit combination identifying the manufacturer and id of your NIC the first 6 digits is the OUI(Organizationally unique Identifier), this identifies the company that made the NIC the last 6 digits is the USI(Unique station identifier) this identifies your NIC A NIC identifier can only contain letters from A to F and numbers from 0 to 5 a NIC identifier, more commonly known as data-link layer address or MAC address looks like this: A6-D5-FF-5A-3D-6A


Which one is faster a Nic card or a Modem?

A NIC is capable of receiving and transmitting data at a faster rate than a modem. However, if the NIC is connected to a network which is powered by a modem, they will both run at the slower speed of the modem.