Nit may refer to any of the following:

  1. A Nit is a measure of light over a surface; more specifically, one nit is equal to one candela per square meter. It is used as a measurement of the brightness on a display. The higher the nit, the brighter the image will be.

  2. Short for network information table, NIT commonly describes a table listing network information.

  • Monitor, LCD, and display help and support.
  1. Short for Network Interface Tap, NIT is a network device driver included with the SunOS used to capture packets only received by the interface.
  • Network and network card help and support.
  1. Nit is a small and unimportant imperfection with a product.

Computer acronyms, Network terms, Video terms