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Network interface device. Not to be confused with Network interface controller. In telecommunications, a network interface device (NID; also known by several other names) is a device that serves as the demarcation point between the carrier's local loop and the customer's premises wiring.
The NIDS then scans any traffic that is transmitted over that segment of your network; the NIDS functions in very much the same way as high-end antivirus applications and it makes use of signature or pattern file method comparing each transmitted packet for patterns that may occur within the signature file.