What Does Network Driver Interface Specification (NDIS) Mean?
The Network Driver Interface Specification (NDIS) is an application programming interface (API) standard for network devices, such as network interface cards (NIC) and drivers. NDIS uses transport protocols - like Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), native Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM), and NetBIOS Extended User Interface (NetBEUI) - to facilitate communication between network devices and transport protocols via a set of complex functions.NDIS was a collaborative development effort between Microsoft and 3Com.