NIC

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nic"

Translingual

Symbol

NIC

  1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code for Nicaragua.
    Synonym: NI (alpha-2)
  2. (international standards, historical) ISO 4217 currency code for the former second Nicaraguan córdoba; a currency used from 1988 to 1990.
  3. (international standards, obsolete) Former ISO 4217 currency code for the former first Nicaraguan córdoba; a currency used from 1912 to 1988.

Usage notes

The currency code for the Nicaraguan córdoba was not amended when the second córdoba replaced the first córdoba.

English

Proper noun

NIC

  1. Acronym of Nursing Interventions Classification.

Noun

NIC (plural NICs)

  1. (networking) Acronym of network interface card or network interface controller, used to interface a computer to a network.
  2. (Internet) Acronym of Network Information Center.
  3. (UK, finance) Acronym of national insurance contribution.
    • 2021 October 27, Heather Stewart, “Johnsonism wins budget battle but will Sunakism win the war?”, in The Guardian‎[1]:
      Despite propelling the tax burden to its highest peacetime level – through a combination of next April’s national insurance contributions (NICs) increase and a sharp rise in corporation tax due to take effect in 2023 – the chancellor painted himself as the champion of low taxes.

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