Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

Network Device Interface Specification
     
         (NDIS) A {Microsoft Windows
        device driver} programming interface allowing multiple
        {protocols} to share the same {network} {hardware}.
        E.g. {TCP/IP} and {IPX} on the same {NIC}.  NDIS can also be
        used by some ISDN adapters.
     
        A protocol manager accepts requests from the {transport layer}
        and passes them to the {data link layer} (routed to the
        correct network interface if there is more than one).
     
        NDIS was developed by {Microsoft} and {3COM}.  {Novell} offers
        a similar device driver for NetWare called Open Data-Link
        Interface (ODI).
     
        The NDIS 2.0 specification was 5000 lines.
     
        Current version: NDIS 5.0, as of 2000-10-30.
     
        {Home (http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/devdes/ndis5.htm)}.
     
        {cdrom.com NDIS archive
        (ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/os2/network/ndis/)}.
     
        ["3TECH, The 3COM Technical Journal", Winter 1991].
     
        (2000-10-30)