Glossary N

NAC = Network Admissions Control technology (Cisco).
NAK = Negative AcKnowlegement (modem response).
NAP = Network Access Protection technology (Microsoft).
NAT = Network Address Translation (networking standard).
NC = Network Computer.
NCQ = Native Command Queuing protocol (Serial ATA Hard Disk Drive).
NDIS = Network Driver Interface Specification layer.
NetBEUI = NetBios Extended (Enhanced) User Interface (networking).
NetBIOS = Network Basic Input Output System (LAN APIs).
NetRoom = Helix Software 386 Expanded Memory Manager (RM386.EXE).
NFS = Network File System.
NGI = Next Generation Internet foundation.
NIC (1) = Network Interface Card.
NIC (2) = Networked Information Center.
NIST = National Institute of Standards and Technology (USA).
NLP = Natural Language Processing.
NNTP = Network News Transfer Protocol (USENET messaging).
NOS = Network Operating System.
ns = Nanosecond (1/1,000,000,000 = 1 billionth of a second).
NSR = NVidia Shading Rasterizer (GeForce2/3/4/FX 3D chipsets).
NTFS = Windows NT File System 32-bit old standard (Windows NT/2000/XP/2003).
NTFS5 = Windows NT 5.0 File System 32-bit new standard (Windows 2000/XP/2003).
NTP = Network Time Protocol (atomic clock server standard).
NTSC = National Television Systems Committee (USA TV standard: 525 lines).
NVRAM = Non Volatile Random Access Memory.