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The '''Network Computer''' (or '''NC''') was a [[diskless node|diskless]] [[desktop computer]] device made by [[Oracle Corporation]] from approximatelyabout 1996 to 2000. The devices were designed and manufactured by an alliance, which included [[Sun Microsystems]], [[IBM]], and others. The devices were designed with minimum specifications, based on the [[Network Computer Reference Profile]]. The brand was also employed as a [[marketing]] term to try to popularize this design of computer within enterprise and among consumers.

The NC brand was mainly intended to inspire a range of desktop computers from various suppliers that, by virtue of their diskless design and use of inexpensive components and software, were cheaper and easier to manage than standard [[fat client]] [[Personal computer|desktops]]. However, due to the [[commoditization]] of standard desktop components, and due to the increasing availability and popularity of various software options for using full desktops as [[diskless node]]s, [[thin client]]s, and [[hybrid client]]s, the Network Computer brand never achieved the popularity hoped for by Oracle and was eventually [[:wikt:mothball#Verb|mothballed]].