Network and telecom connectors are familiar to anyone who owns a computer, though many people don’t know exactly what they are. In the simplest terms, these connectors are simply the parts of a computer that permit it to connect to an internet network. Nowadays, almost every computer comes pre-installed with these connectors. Whether it’s a jack in the rear of a computer terminal or wireless card installed inside a laptop, network connectors are standard equipment in today’s computers. There are many different specifications for these connectors, and the exact look and properties of them have changed down through the years (and the changes have been more rapid in recent years, now that networking is a more central part of computing), but no matter what they look like or what they are called, all network connectors accomplish the same task: providing the means for a computer to tap into a network.