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COMPUTING ACRONYMS & TERMS' SMORGASBORD
Copyright © 1994-2003, Daniel Frankl, Ph.D. |
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COMPUTING ACRONYMS & TERMS' SMORGASBORD
Copyright © 1994-2003, Daniel Frankl, Ph.D. |
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ano- second | One billionth of a second (1/1,000,000,000). The speed of memory chips is measured in nanoseconds; typical memory chips clock at 50 - 80 nanoseconds; some of the newest SDRAM chips are up to 10-12 times faster). |
| NAO | Newspaper Abstracts Ondisc (The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, L.A. Times, Chicago Tribune, USA TODAY...) NAO is a database that is updated monthly since 1985. |
| NAP | Network Access Point (the backbone of the Internet where information is exchanged between ISPs [Internet Service Providers]; also called RAP [Regional Access Point] or REP [Regional Exchange Point]) (also a description of student activity during lectures) |
| NAS | Numerical Aerodynamic Simulation |
| NAT | Network Address Translation (allows numerous IP [Internet Protocol] addresses on a private LAN [Local Area Network] to have access to one public address that connects to the Internet) |
| NAV | Norton AntiVirus; see: Symantec |
| NC | Network Computer (computer connected to a host of other computers; thus, several people may work on the same project while not sharing the same physical environment) |
| NCAPI | Netscape Client Application Programming Interface |
| NCD | Network Copy Detection (in cases where one licensed copy is used on a Network system the NCD file will impair the second user's ability to start the program if an identical copy is already in use). |
| NCDs | Network Computing Devices |
| NCP | NetWare Core Protocol |
| NCPs | Novell Connecting Points |
| NCSA | National Computer Security Association (independent organization that conducts tests on, and certifies antivirus software) |
| NCSA Mosaic | National Center for Supercomputing Applications (the first version of a Web access software developped at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana; 605 East Springfield Avenue, Champaign, IL 61829-55180) |
| NDIS | Network Device Interface Specification |
| NDS | Netware's Novel Directory Services |
| .ndx | Index file extension |
| NEARnet | New England Academic & Research Network |
| NetBEUI | Net BIOS [Basic Input/Output System] Extended/Enhanced User Interface |
| Netiquette | Cybermanners or etiquette rules for behavior while on the internet |
| NetWare | Novell's application for LANs [Local Area Networks]) |
| Network | Two or more connected PCs |
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Network Supervisor | Administrator managing the proper functioning and proper use of a computer network system. The supervisor may have access to all accounts on the specific network and is responsible for oppening and closing accounts. |
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News Group | Discussion group on the Internet that generally form around a specific area of group members interests and expertise. |
| NexGen | Computer CPU chip manufacturer (also see AMD, Cyrix & Intel). |
| NFS | Network File System |
| NGI | Next Generation Internet (A multi-agency federal research and development program designing advanced networking technologies and applications) |
| NHRP | Next Hop Resolution Protocol |
| NI | Non Interlaced (PC Monitor) |
| NIC |
(1) Network Information Center
(2) Network Interface Card |
| Nicname | Short easy-to memorize e-mail address (also see Alias) |
| NII | National Information Infrastructure (a base for the technological infrastructure) |
| NIS | Network Information Services (a CSLA facility that allows a user with a single account and password to access all the large file servers on campus). |
| NIST | National Institute of Standards & Technology |
| NLightN | Pronounced "Enlighten" NLightN is a great search engine |
| NLM | NetWare Loadable Modules (a utility that allows the loading of programs into memory for processing) |
| NLS | National Language Support (DOS memory-resident program that loads country-specific information). |
| NLSP | Network Link State Protocol |
| N/N | Represents "No" and "No" respectively. When N/N are used together with two other options (e.g., 24/32bpp N/N), it means that both 24bpp and 32bpp are not supported (also see Y/N & Y/Y) |
| NNTP | Net News Transport Protocol |
| NOC | Network Operations Center |
| NOS | Network Operating System (Win 3.11 or Win. NT [New Technology]) |
| NPA | Network Professional Association |
| NREN | National Research and Education Network (replaced the NSFNet [National Science Foundation Network]). |
| NSA | National Security Agency (introduced in 1993 a fingernail-size chip--the "Clipper Chip"--which scrambles communications to assure security privacy on the Information Super Highway. The catch to this chip is the fact that "Uncle Sam" has the code and thus can listen in). |
| NSEPRO | Netawre Support Encyclopedia, Professional Edition. |
| NSF | National Science Foundation; see: www.nsf.gov |
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NSFAQ- BTIWTS | Not So FAQ [Frequently Answered Questions] But Things I Wanted To Share (by Robin Getz) |
| NSFNet | National Science Foundation Network former access provider to Universities and other institutions. The Network access service was eliminated in 1995. |
| NSI | Network Solutions Inc., (contrator company with NSF [Network File System] to provide businesses with DNSs [Domain, Name, System] addresses; also see: www.netsol.com). |
| NSP | Native Signal Processing (Intel's goal of a built in DSP [Digital Signal Processor]). |
| NT | New Technology (Formally named Windows New Technology or WIN-NT as opposed to NT only due to Northern Telecom's objection to the sole utilization of the letters "NT" for the product's name) |
| NT1 | Network Termination Device (interface between ISDN [Integrated Services Digital Interface] and telephone connector) |
| NTFS | New Technology File System |
| NT HAL | New Technology Hardware Abstraction Layer |
| NTID | National Technical Institute for the Deaf (developed among other technologies the "C-Print" computer-assisted speech-to-print transcription system) |
| NTP | Network Time Protocol (protocol for keeping the correct time on the Internet) |
| NTS |
a) Network Terminal Server;
b) Network Time Server (used to adjust the NTP) |
| NTSC | National Television Standards Committee (device that operates by the North American standards for VCRs and/or TVs; 525 lines, 60 frames per second, 2 frames per field). |
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Numeric expression | A sequence of characters that can be interpreted as a number. Also, any combination of variables, constants, functions, and operators that an application can evaluate to a number (also see String expression) |
| NYSERNet | New York State Education & Research Network |
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