Network Interface

Noun · Development

Definitions

  1. A hardware or virtual endpoint through which a host connects to a network, identified by a name (e.g., `eth0`, `wlan0`, `lo`) and configured with IP addresses, MTU, and routing rules — each container in Docker typically gets its own virtual network interface via a veth pair.

    In plain English: A connection point — physical or virtual — that lets a computer send and receive data on a network.

    Example: "The pod has two network interfaces: `eth0` for regular traffic and `net1` for the SR-IOV fast path to the storage network."

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