Wi-Fi Adapter
This wireless adapter on a PC Card added the higher speed of 802.11g Wi-Fi to a laptop that had only 802.11b built in. The protrusion is the antenna, which always remains outside of the PC Card slot.
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Broadband Adapter
This wireless adapter on a PC Card enables a laptop to transmit data over Verizon's EV-DO cellular network in major cities within the U.S. Like the Wi-Fi adapter in the illustration above, the antenna at the top of this card stays outside of the slot. (Image courtesy of Verizon Wireless.)
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