1@c -*-texinfo-*-
2@c This is part of the GNU edition of V.E.R.A.
3@c Copyright (C) 1993/2014 Oliver Heidelbach
4@c See the file vera.texi for copying conditions.
5@c
6@c Syntax:
7@c ACRONYM
8@c Expansion[ (Reference)][, "Style"]
9@c Additional explanations are included in [square brackets]
10
11@table @asis
12@item NAARS
13National Automated Accounting Research System (USA)
14
15@item NAB
16National Association of Broadcasters (org., USA)
17
18@item NAB
19Netware Asynchronous Board (Novell, Netware)
20
21@item NABTS
22North American Broadcast Teletext Standard (USA)
23
24@item NAC
25Network Administration Center
26
27@item NAC
28Network Admission Control (Cisco)
29
30@item NAC
31Networks and Communications
32
33@item NAC
34Null Attached Concentrator (FDDI)
35
36@item NACLP
37North American Conference on Logic Programming (USA)
38
39@item NACM
40Networks And Communications Marketing
41
42@item NACS
43National Advisory Committee on Semiconductors (org., USA)
44
45@item NACS
46Netware Asynchronous Communication Server (Novell, Netware)
47
48@item NACS
49Network Access Control System (Netware, DES, cryptography)
50
51@item NACSIS
52National Academic Center for Science Information Systems (org., USA)
53
54@item NACT
55Neural Adaptive Control Technology [project] (NN)
56
57@item NAD
58Network Access Device
59
60@item NADB
61National Archaeological DataBase (DB, USA)
62
63@item NAEC
64Novell Authorized Education Center (Novell, Netware)
65
66@item NAG
67National Algorithms Group [ltd] (UK, org., predecessor), "NAg"
68
69@item NAG
70Network Architecture Group (org.)
71
72@item NAG
73Numerical Algorithms Group (UK, org.), "NAg"
74
75@item NAI
76Netzwerk Arbeitswelt Informatik (manufacturer)
77
78@item NAIIN
79No Abuse In InterNet (org.)
80
81@item NAL
82Netware Application Launcher (Novell, Netware, NAM)
83
84@item NALIS
85Nevada Academic Libraries Information System
86
87@item NAM
88Netware Application Manager (Novell, Netware, NAL)
89
90@item NAMP
91Netware, Apache, MySQL, PHP (Novell, Netware, Apache, PHP, DB)
92
93@item NAMS
94National Association of Multimedia Shareware (org., USA)
95
96@item NAP
97Network Access Point (IN)
98
99@item NAP
100Network Access Protection (MS, Windows, Vista)
101
102@item NAPLPS
103North American Presentation Level Protocol Syntax (BBS)
104
105@item NAPT
106Network Address and Protocol Translator (IP)
107
108@item NAPTR
109Naming Authority PoinTeR (Enum, DNS)
110
111@item NARP
112Non-Broadcast Multiple Access Address Resolution Protocol (RFC 1735)
113
114@item NAS
115Netware Access Services (Novell, Netware)
116
117@item NAS
118Network Application Services (DEC)
119
120@item NAS
121Network Application Support
122
123@item NAS
124Network Attached Storage (NFS, CIFS, HDD)
125
126@item NASI
127Netware Asynchronous Service Interface (Novell, Netware)
128
129@item NAT
130[IP] Network Address Translator (RFC 1631, IP)
131
132@item NATOA
133National Association of Telecommunications Officers & Advisors (org., USA)
134
135@item NAU
136Network Addressable Unit (IBM, SNA, OSI)
137
138@item NAU
139Network Attachment Unit (GigaB, IP-router)
140
141@item NAUN
142Nearest Active Upstream Neighbour (MAC)
143
144@item NAVNET
145NAVy NETwork (mil., USA, network)
146
147@item NB
148Nota bene (slang, Usenet, IRC)
149
150@item NBAR
151Network-Based Application Recognition
152
153@item NBCD
154Natural Binary Coded Decimal
155
156@item NBDD
157NetBIOS Datagram Distribution [server] (NETBIOS)
158
159@item NBE
160Not-Below-or-Equal
161
162@item NBFCE
163NETBIOS Frames Control Program (NETBIOS)
164
165@item NBFCP
166[PPP] NETBIOS Frames Control Protocol (PPP, NETBIOS, RFC 2097)
167
168@item NBFM
169Narrow Band Frequency Modulation
170
171@item NBIC
172Nano-Bio-Info-Cogno [initiative] (USA)
173
174@item NBIS
175Network Based Information Systems, "NBiS"
176
177@item NBMA
178Non-Broadcast Multiple Access (UNI, ATM)
179
180@item NBN
181National Broadband Network (Australia)
182
183@item NBNS
184NetBIOS Name Server (NETBIOS)
185
186@item NBP
187Name Binding Protocol (AppleTalk)
188
189@item NBS
190Narrow Band Socket (Intel, Nokia)
191
192@item NBS
193National Bureau of Standards (org., predecessor, NIST)
194
195@item NBT
196NETBIOS on TCPIP (MS)
197
198@item NC
199Network Channel / Connect / Control
200
201@item NC
202Network Computer [reference profile] (Apple, IBM, Netscape, Oracle, Sun, Internet)
203
204@item NC
205Network Co-ordinator (FidoNet)
206
207@item NC
208Norton Commander (Symantec)
209
210@item NC
211Numerical Control
212
213@item NCA
214Network Communications Adapter
215
216@item NCA
217Network Computing Architecture (Oracle, Apollo)
218
219@item NCA
220Network Control Analysis
221
222@item NCA
223Nexus Computing Agent (NGSCB, MS, Palladium)
224
225@item NCA
226Nexus Computing Agent (MS, Palladium)
227
228@item NCA
229Novell Certification Alliance (Novell, Netware)
230
231@item NCAIR
232National Center for Automated Information Research (org., USA)
233
234@item NCAM
235National Center for Accessible Media (org., USA)
236
237@item NCB
238Network Control Block (LAN)
239
240@item NCC
241Network Control / Coordination Center
242
243@item NCC
244Network Control Computer
245
246@item NCCF
247Network Communications Control Facility (IBM)
248
249@item NCCS
250NASA Center for Computational Sciences (org., NASA)
251
252@item NCD
253Network Computing Devices (manufacturer)
254
255@item NCD
256Norton Change Directory (DOS)
257
258@item NCDMA
259Narrowband - Code Division Multiple Access (telecommunication, mobile-systems, CDMA), "N-CDMA"
260
261@item NCE
262Nomadic Computing Environment (Tadpole)
263
264@item NCGA
265National Computer Graphics Association (org., USA)
266
267@item NCHPC
268National Consortium for High Performance Computing (org., HPC, USA)
269
270@item NCI
271Network Channel Interface
272
273@item NCI
274Non Coded Information
275
276@item NCIA
277Native Client Interface Architecture (IOS)
278
279@item NCIP
280Novell Certified Internet Professional (Novell, WWW, CNA)
281
282@item NCITS
283National Committee for Information Technology Standards (org., USA)
284
285@item NCL
286Null Convention Logic (CPU)
287
288@item NCLP
289Novell Certified Linux Professional (Noell, Linux)
290
291@item NCMOS
292N-channel [Silicon Gate Reversed] CMOS
293
294@item NCN
295Nixdorf Communications Network
296
297@item NCOHPCC
298National Coordination Office for High Performance Computing and Communications (org., USA, HPC), "NCO/HPCC"
299
300@item NCOS
301Network Computer Operating System (OS, Oracle, Internet)
302
303@item NCOS
304Non-Concurrent Operating System (OS, UNIVAC 9200, UNIVAC 9300)
305
306@item NCP
307Netware Core Protocol (Novell, IPX)
308
309@item NCP
310Network Control Processor
311
312@item NCP
313Network Control Program (BBN, ARPANET)
314
315@item NCP
316Network Control Program / Point (IBM)
317
318@item NCP
319Non-Carbon Paper
320
321@item NCP
322Not Copy-Protected
323
324@item NCPE
325Netware Core Protocol Extension (NCP, Netware, IPX)
326
327@item NCPIE
328National Council on Patient Information and Education (org., USA)
329
330@item NCR
331National Cash Registers (manufacturer, AT&T)
332
333@item NCS
334National Communications System (USA)
335
336@item NCS
337Network Computing System (HP, Apollo)
338
339@item NCS
340Network Control System
341
342@item NCSA
343National Center for Supercomputing Applications (org., USA)
344
345@item NCSC
346National Computer Security Center (org., USA)
347
348@item NCSC
349North Carolina Supercomputing Center (org., USA)
350
351@item NCSD
352National Cyber Security Division
353
354@item NCSI
355Network Communications Service Interface (NMP)
356
357@item NCSL
358National Computer Systems Laboratory (NIST, org., USA)
359
360@item NCSL
361National Conference of Standards Laboratories (org., USA)
362
363@item NCSNDR
364Network Computing System Network Data Representation (HP, Apollo), "NCS NDR"
365
366@item NCSS
367Non Commentary Sources Statements (LOC)
368
369@item NCSS
370Number Crunching Statistical System
371
372@item NCSTRL
373Networked Computer Science Technical Reference Library (WWW)
374
375@item NCT
376Network Control and Timing
377
378@item NCTA
379National Cable & Telecommunications Association (org., USA)
380
381@item NCTE
382Network Channel-Terminating Equipment
383
384@item NCTL
385National Computer and Telecommunications Laboratory (org., USA)
386
387@item NCU
388Non-Cacheable Units
389
390@item ND
391Navigation Display (Airbus, A380)
392
393@item NDA
394Network Delivery Access
395
396@item NDA
397Network Display Adapter
398
399@item NDA
400Non-Disclosure Agreement
401
402@item NDA
403Norddeutsche DatenAutobahn (network)
404
405@item NDAS
406Network Direct Attached Storage (HDD)
407
408@item NDBMS
409Network DataBase Management System (DB)
410
411@item NDBS
412Non-standard DataBase System (DB)
413
414@item NDC
415National Destination Code (MS-ISDN, GSM, mobile-systems)
416
417@item NDC
418Network Data Collection
419
420@item NDC
421Node Data Controller (Zenith)
422
423@item NDCC
424Network Data Collection Center
425
426@item NDD
427Norton Disk Doctor [software]
428
429@item NDDL
430Neutral Data Definition Language (DDL)
431
432@item NDE
433NeWS Development Environment
434
435@item NDEF
436NFC Data Exchange Format (NFC)
437
438@item NDI
439Network Distributed ISDN [for windows NT] (AVM, ISDN, Windows NT)
440
441@item NDIS
442Network Driver Interface Specification (3COM, MS)
443
444@item NDL
445Network Database Language (DB, 4GL)
446
447@item NDM
448Normal Disconnected Mode (IRDA, IRLAP, NRM)
449
450@item NDMP
451Network Data Management Protocol
452
453@item NDMS
454Netware Distributed Management Services (Novell, Netware)
455
456@item NDP
457Neighbor Discovery Protocol (RFC 2462)
458
459@item NDP
460Numeric Data Processor
461
462@item NDPA
463Network Problem Determination Application
464
465@item NDR
466Network Data Representation (NCS, DCE, Apollo)
467
468@item NDR
469Network Data Representation service (DCE/RPC)
470
471@item NDR
472Non-Delivery Report (SMTP)
473
474@item NDR
475Non-Destructive Read
476
477@item NDRO
478Non-Destructive ReadOut
479
480@item NDS
481Netware Directory Services (Novell, Netware)
482
483@item NDS
484Network Data System
485
486@item NDT
487Net Data Throughput
488
489@item NDT
490Newfoundland Daylight Time (TZ, NFT)
491
492@item NDT
493Non-Destructive Testing
494
495@item NDU
496Network Device Utility
497
498@item NDV
499Non DSL Village (WIMAX, DSL)
500
501@item NE
502Network Element
503
504@item NE
505Netzebene (DTAG)
506
507@item NEA
508[Siemens] NEtzwerkArchitektur (NEA, Siemens)
509
510@item NEA
511Network Endpoint Assessment
512
513@item NEAB
514NEA Benutzerebenenprotokoll (NEA, Siemens)
515
516@item NEAN
517NEA Netzwerkebenenprotokoll (NEA, Siemens)
518
519@item NEAR
520National Electronic Accounting and Reporting
521
522@item NEARNET
523New England Academic and Research NETwork (USA, network), "NEARnet"
524
525@item NEAT
526New Enhanced Advanced Technology (AT)
527
528@item NEAT
529Novell Easy Administration Tool (Novell, Netware)
530
531@item NEATE
532NEA Transportebenenprotokoll (NEA, Siemens)
533
534@item NEBS
535Network Equipment Building System
536
537@item NEC
538National Electrical Code (USA)
539
540@item NEC
541Nippon Electronic Corporation (manufacturer)
542
543@item NED
544NASA Extragalactic Database (DB)
545
546@item NEDO
547New Energy and industrial technology Development Organization (org., Japan)
548
549@item NEFS
550Network Extensible File System, "NeFS"
551
552@item NEII
553National Engineering Information Initiative (org., USA)
554
555@item NEM
556No-Eviction Mode (Intel, HT, CPU)
557
558@item NEM
559Nothing Else Matters (slang, Usenet, IRC)
560
561@item NEMS
562Nanoelektromechanische Speicher (IC, RAM)
563
564@item NEP
565Never-Ending Program
566
567@item NEREN
568NEbraska Research and Education Network (USA, network)
569
570@item NERO
571Neuro-Evolving Robotic Operatives [project]
572
573@item NES
574News Electronic Service
575
576@item NES
577Nintendo Entertainment System
578
579@item NESC
580National E-Science Centre (org., UK), "NeSC"
581
582@item NESPINN
583NEurocomputer fuer Spikende Neuronale Netze (TUB)
584
585@item NEST
586Netware Embedded Systems Technology (Novell, Netware)
587
588@item NET
589Network Entity Title
590
591@item NETBEUI
592NETBIOS Extended User Interface (UI)
593
594@item NETBIOS
595NETwork Basic Input Output System (IBM, RFC 1001/1002), "NetBIOS"
596
597@item NETBLT
598NETwork BLock Transfer (IP)
599
600@item NETBT
601NetBIOS over TCP/IP (NETBIOS, TCP/IP), "NetBT"
602
603@item NETCDF
604NETwork Common Data Format, "NetCDF"
605
606@item NETDA
607NETwork Design and Analysis
608
609@item NETPARS
610NETwork Performing Analysis Reporting System
611
612@item NETSS
613National Electronic Telecommunication Surveillance System (USA)
614
615@item NEWS
616Netware Early Warning System (Novell, Netware)
617
618@item NEWS
619Networked Extensible Windowing System (Sun), "NeWS"
620
621@item NEWT
622NeWS Terminal, "NeWT"
623
624@item NEXT
625NEw eXtended Technology, "NeXT"
626
627@item NFA
628Name Field Address (Forth)
629
630@item NFA
631Non-determistic Finite-state Automation
632
633@item NFAIS
634National Federation of Abstracting and Information Services (org., USA)
635
636@item NFAS
637Non Facilities-Associated Signaling (ISDN, PRI)
638
639@item NFC
640Near Field Communication (Bluetooth)
641
642@item NFC
643Normalization Form C(ompostion) (Unicode)
644
645@item NFGM
646Nano-Floating Gate Memory (RAM, IC)
647
648@item NFR
649Near Field Recording [technology]
650
651@item NFS
652Network Facilities Services
653
654@item NFS
655Network File System (Sun, Unix, RFC 1094/1813/3010)
656
657@item NFSP
658Netware File Service Protocol (Novell, Netware)
659
660@item NFT
661Network File Transfer (DNA, DEC)
662
663@item NFT
664NewFoundland Time [-0330] (TZ, NDT)
665
666@item NG
667NewsGroup (slang, Usenet)
668
669@item NGDD
670New Generation Desktop Design (Mitsubishi)
671
672@item NGE
673Not-Greater-or-Equal
674
675@item NGFF
676Next Generation Form Factor (Intel)
677
678@item NGI
679Nederlands Genootschap for Informatica (org., Netherlands)
680
681@item NGIO
682Next Generation Input / Output (I/O, Intel)
683
684@item NGPP
685Next Generation Print Path [old term] (MS, Windows, Vista, XPS)
686
687@item NGPT
688Next Generation POSIX Threading (POSIX, IBM)
689
690@item NGS
691Non-Government Standard (USA)
692
693@item NGSB
694Non-Government Standards Body
695
696@item NGSBC
697Next Generation Secure Computing Base (MS, Windows, XP)
698
699@item NGSCB
700Next Generation Secure Computing Base (MS, Palladium)
701
702@item NHRP
703[NBMA] Next Hop Resolution Protocol (X.25, ATM, NBMA, IETF)
704
705@item NHSE
706National HPCC Software Exchange (USA)
707
708@item NI
709Network Interconnect / Interface
710
711@item NI
712Normenausschuss Informationstechnik (Din, org.)
713
714@item NI
715Normenausschuss Informationsverarbeitungssysteme [1987-1995] (DIN, predecessor, NI)
716
717@item NIA
718Network Information Access
719
720@item NIAC
721National Infrastructure Advisory Council (org., USA)
722
723@item NIAHGB
724Normenausschuss Informationstechnik - Ad-Hoc Gruppe Biometrie (NI, DIN), "NI-AHGB"
725
726@item NIAP
727National Information Assurance Partnership (org., NIST, NSA)
728
729@item NIAS
730Netware Internet Access Server (Novell, Netware)
731
732@item NIC
733Network Information Center (Internet, org.)
734
735@item NIC
736Network Interface Card / Controller
737
738@item NIC
739Numeric Intensive Computing
740
741@item NICAM
742Near-Instantaneously Companded Audio Multiplex (audio)
743
744@item NICD
745NIckel CaDmium [batterie], "NiCd"
746
747@item NICE
748Network Information and Control Exchange (DECNET)
749
750@item NICOL
751Network Information Center On-Line
752
753@item NICOLAS
754Network Information Center On-Line Aid System
755
756@item NID
757Namespace IDentifier (URN)
758
759@item NIDL
760Network Interface Definition Language (Apollo, DOMAIN, NCA)
761
762@item NIDOS
763NIxdorf Disk Operating System (OS, SNI)
764
765@item NIDR
766Network Information Discover and Retrieval
767
768@item NIDX
769Network Intrusion Detection eXpert system (BELLCORE, XPS)
770
771@item NIE
772Newton Internet Enabler (Apple, PDA)
773
774@item NIFTP
775Network Independent File Transfer Program (FTP)
776
777@item NIHCL
778National Institute of Health [c++] Class Library (PD)
779
780@item NII
781National Information Infrastructure [program] (USA, org.)
782
783@item NIIT
784National Information Infrastructure Testbed (ISH, USA)
785
786@item NILFS
787New Implementation of a Log-structured File System (FS)
788
789@item NIMH
790NIckel Metal Hydride [battery], "NiMH"
791
792@item NIMT
793National Institute for Management Technology (org., Irland)
794
795@item NIPC
796National Infrastructure Protection Center (org., USA)
797
798@item NIPT
799[international symposium on] New Information Processing Technologies (conference, MITI)
800
801@item NIR
802Network Information Registry / Retrieval
803
804@item NIS
805Network Information Service (NSF)
806
807@item NIS
808Network Information System (Unix)
809
810@item NISC
811Network Information and Support Center
812
813@item NISCC
814National Infrastructure Security Coordination Centre (org., UK)
815
816@item NISDN
817Narrowband Integrated-Services Digital Network (ISDN), "N-ISDN"
818
819@item NISI
820Network Information Services Infrastructure
821
822@item NISO
823National Information Standards Organization (org., USA)
824
825@item NISS
826National Information on Software and Services (USA)
827
828@item NISSPAC
829NISS Public Access Collections (NISS)
830
831@item NIST
832National Institute of Standards and Technology (org., USA)
833
834@item NISYP
835Network Information System / Yellow Pages, "NIS/yp"
836
837@item NIT
838Network Information Tabel (DVB)
839
840@item NITF
841National Imagery Transmission Format
842
843@item NITOL
844Norway-net with IT for Open Learning (network)
845
846@item NITS
847Network Independent Transport Service
848
849@item NIU
850Network Interface Unit
851
852@item NIU
853North american ISDN Users (USA, ISDN)
854
855@item NIUF
856North american ISDN Users Forum (USA, user group, ISDN, org.)
857
858@item NJC
859Nordic Journal of Computing (Finland)
860
861@item NJE
862Network Job Entry (BITNET, RSCS)
863
864@item NJE
865Network Job Entry
866
867@item NJSZT
868Neumann Janos SZamitogep-tudomanyi Tarsasag (org., Ungarn)
869
870@item NKS
871Network Knowledge Server
872
873@item NKSR
874Non-Kernel Security Related (Unix)
875
876@item NKZ
877NetzKontrollZentrum (Bundeswehr)
878
879@item NL
880Network Layer (ISO, OSI)
881
882@item NL
883New Line (ASCII)
884
885@item NL
886Number Lines (Unix)
887
888@item NLA
889Network Location Awareness (MS, Windows)
890
891@item NLB
892Network Load Balancing (MS, Windows)
893
894@item NLDM
895Network Logical Data Manager (IBM)
896
897@item NLE
898Not-Less-or-Equal
899
900@item NLKD
901Novell Linux Kernel Debugger (Novell, Linux)
902
903@item NLM
904Netware Loadable Module (Novell, Netware)
905
906@item NLOS
907Non Line Of Sight (WIMAX, LOS)
908
909@item NLP
910Natural Language Processing
911
912@item NLP
913Non-Linear Programming
914
915@item NLP
916Normal Link Pulse (ethernet, LAN)
917
918@item NLPID
919Network Layer Protocol IDentifier (ATM, OSI)
920
921@item NLQ
922Near Letter Quality
923
924@item NLRI
925Network Layer Reachability Information
926
927@item NLRP
928Natural Language Retrieval Processing
929
930@item NLS
931Native Language Support (HP)
932
933@item NLS
934Native Language System (OSF)
935
936@item NLS
937Network License Server
938
939@item NLS
940oNLine System
941
942@item NLSP
943Netware Link Services Protocol (Novell, Netware, IPX)
944
945@item NLSP
946Network Layer Security Protocol (ISO, IEC, ISO/IEC 11557)
947
948@item NLUUG
949NetherLand Unix User Group (org., user group)
950
951@item NLV
952National Language Version (IBM, OS/2, ...)
953
954@item NM
955Native Mode (PARISC, CM)
956
957@item NM
958Network Management
959
960@item NMA
961Network Management Architecture (SNA)
962
963@item NMAA
964National Multimedia Association of America (org., USA)
965
966@item NMAS
967Novell Modular Authentication Services (Novell, Netware)
968
969@item NMC
970Network Management Center
971
972@item NMCP
973Network Management Communication Protocol
974
975@item NMCS
976National Military Command System (mil., USA)
977
978@item NMEA
979National Marine Electronics Association [protocol] (org., USA, GPS)
980
981@item NMEO
982NetWorker Module for EMC Symmetrix for Oracle (Oracle, EMC, DB)
983
984@item NMF
985Network Management Forum
986
987@item NMI
988Non-Maskable Interrupt
989
990@item NML
991National Media Laboratory (org., USA)
992
993@item NML
994Natural Mapping Language (XPP, MPP)
995
996@item NML
997Network Management Layer (TMN)
998
999@item NMM
1000Netzwerk-integrierte Multimedia Middleware
1001
1002@item NMOS
1003Negative-channel Metal-Oxide Semiconductor (IC)
1004
1005@item NMP
1006Network MODEM Program
1007
1008@item NMPF
1009Network Management Productivity Facility (IBM)
1010
1011@item NMPL
1012Netscape/Mozilla Public License (Netscape), "N/MPL"
1013
1014@item NMS
1015Network Management Station / System (Novell, Netware)
1016
1017@item NMS
1018Network Monitoring Station
1019
1020@item NMSU
1021New Mexico State University (org.)
1022
1023@item NMT
1024Nordic Mobile Telephone (mobile-systems)
1025
1026@item NMU
1027Non-Maintainer Upload (Linux, Debian)
1028
1029@item NMVT
1030Network Management Vector Transport
1031
1032@item NN
1033Neural Network (NN)
1034
1035@item NNI
1036Network Node Interface (ATM)
1037
1038@item NNI
1039Network to Network Interface
1040
1041@item NNS
1042Netware Named Services (Novel, Netware)
1043
1044@item NNSC
1045NSF Network Service Center (org., NSF)
1046
1047@item NNTP
1048Network News Transfer Protocol (Internet, RFC 977, Usenet)
1049
1050@item NNTPS
1051Network News Transfer Protocol - Secured ??? (NNTP, Internet, Usenet)
1052
1053@item NNTR
1054No Need To Reply (slang, Cygwin)
1055
1056@item NNX
1057Network Numbering eXchange
1058
1059@item NOA
1060Net On Air (Internet)
1061
1062@item NOC
1063Network Operations Center
1064
1065@item NOCS
1066Network Operations Center System
1067
1068@item NODIS
1069NSSDC Online Data and Information Service (NSSDC)
1070
1071@item NOI
1072Node Operator Interface
1073
1074@item NOKOS
1075NOKia Open Source license (Nokia)
1076
1077@item NOMA
1078National Online Media Association (org., USA)
1079
1080@item NORGEN
1081Network Operations Report GENerator
1082
1083@item NORMA
1084NO Remote Memory Access (OSF/1, Multi-Server)
1085
1086@item NOS
1087Network Operating System
1088
1089@item NOSA
1090Netlabs Open Source Archive
1091
1092@item NOSAC
1093Netlabs Open Source Archive Client (NOSA)
1094
1095@item NOSQL
1096Not Only SQL (SQL), "NoSQL"
1097
1098@item NOTA
1099None Of The Above (slang, Usenet, IRC)
1100
1101@item NOTIS
1102Network Operator Trouble Information System
1103
1104@item NOW
1105Network Of Workstations (Cluster)
1106
1107@item NP
1108Network Performance
1109
1110@item NP
1111No Problem (telecommunication, Usenet, IRC)
1112
1113@item NPA
1114Network Performance Analyzer
1115
1116@item NPA
1117Network Printer Alliance (IEEE 1284, IBM, Lexmark, Xerox)
1118
1119@item NPA
1120Network Professional Association (org., USA)
1121
1122@item NPA
1123Numbering Plan Area
1124
1125@item NPAC
1126Northeast Parallel Architectures Center (org., USA, HPC)
1127
1128@item NPAPI
1129Netscape Plugin Application Programming Interface (WWW, API)
1130
1131@item NPC
1132Network Parameter Control
1133
1134@item NPC
1135Non-Player Character (MMORPG)
1136
1137@item NPD
1138Network Products Division (Toshiba)
1139
1140@item NPDA
1141Network Problem Determination Application (IBM)
1142
1143@item NPES
1144National Printing Equipment Association (org., USA)
1145
1146@item NPH
1147Non Parse Headers (HTTPD, CGI)
1148
1149@item NPI
1150Network Printer Interface
1151
1152@item NPL
1153Netscape Public License (Netscape)
1154
1155@item NPL
1156Non-Procedural Language
1157
1158@item NPM
1159Network Performance Monitor
1160
1161@item NPMS
1162Named Pipes / Mail Slots (MS)
1163
1164@item NPSI
1165NCP Packet Switching Interface (IBM, NCP)
1166
1167@item NPSI
1168Network Protocol Service Interface
1169
1170@item NPSS
1171NASA Packet Switch System (NASA)
1172
1173@item NPTL
1174Native POSIX Thread Library (POSIX)
1175
1176@item NPTN
1177National Public Telecomputing Network (network, USA)
1178
1179@item NPV
1180Net Present Value
1181
1182@item NQS
1183Network Queuing System
1184
1185@item NRC
1186National Research Council (org., USA)
1187
1188@item NRCLSE
1189National Resource for Computers in Life Science Education (USA)
1190
1191@item NREN
1192National Research and Education Network (USA, network)
1193
1194@item NRFD
1195Not Ready for Data
1196
1197@item NRIP
1198Novell Routing Information Protocol (Novell, Netware), "nRIP"
1199
1200@item NRM
1201Network Resource Management
1202
1203@item NRM
1204Normal Response Mode (IRDA, IRLAP, NDM)
1205
1206@item NRN
1207National Research Network (USA, network)
1208
1209@item NRN
1210No Reply Necessary (slang, Usenet)
1211
1212@item NROFF
1213New Run-OFF (Unix)
1214
1215@item NRPC
1216Notes Remote Procedure Call (Lotus)
1217
1218@item NRPE
1219Nagios Remote Plugin Executor
1220
1221@item NRPE
1222Nagios Remote Plug-in Executor (Nagios)
1223
1224@item NRS
1225Name Registration System
1226
1227@item NRS
1228Novell Replication Services (Novell, Netware)
1229
1230@item NRT
1231Non-Requesting Terminal
1232
1233@item NRTVBR
1234Non-RealTime Variable Bit Rate (VBR, ATM, BIT), "nrt-VBR"
1235
1236@item NRZ
1237Non-Return-to-Zero [recording]
1238
1239@item NRZI
1240Non-Return-to-Zero, Invert to ones [encoding]
1241
1242@item NS
1243Name Server (DNS, Unix)
1244
1245@item NS
1246National Standard
1247
1248@item NSA
1249National Security Agency (org., USA)
1250
1251@item NSAI
1252National Standards Authority of Ireland (org., Irland)
1253
1254@item NSAP
1255Network Service Access Point (OSI, OSI/RM, SAP)
1256
1257@item NSAPA
1258Network Service Access Point Address (OSI, NSAP)
1259
1260@item NSAPI
1261Netscape Server Application Programmer's Interface (Netscape, WWW, C/S, API)
1262
1263@item NSB
1264National Science Board (USA, org.)
1265
1266@item NSBD
1267Not-So-Bad Distribution (Bell)
1268
1269@item NSC
1270National Security Council (org., USA)
1271
1272@item NSC
1273National SemiConductor (manufacturer)
1274
1275@item NSC
1276Network Service Center
1277
1278@item NSC
1279Network Storage Corporation
1280
1281@item NSCA
1282Nagios Service Check Acceptor (Nagios)
1283
1284@item NSCA
1285National institute for Supercomputing Applications
1286
1287@item NSD
1288National Security Directive (USA)
1289
1290@item NSD
1291Network Shared Disk (GPFS, HDD)
1292
1293@item NSE
1294Network Support Encyclopedia (Novell)
1295
1296@item NSEC
1297Network Switching Engineering Center
1298
1299@item NSERC
1300Natural Sciences and Research Council (org., USA)
1301
1302@item NSF
1303National Science Foundation (org., USA)
1304
1305@item NSF
1306Norges StandardiseringsForbund (org., Norway)
1307
1308@item NSF
1309Notes Storage Facility (Lotus)
1310
1311@item NSFIP
1312NextStep Fuer IntelProzessoren, "NSfIP"
1313
1314@item NSFNET
1315National Science Foundation NETwork (network, USA, Internet), "NSFnet"
1316
1317@item NSFW
1318Not Safe For Work (slang, WWW)
1319
1320@item NSG
1321Network Services Group
1322
1323@item NSI
1324Name Service Independent (DCE/RPC, CDS)
1325
1326@item NSI
1327NASA Science Internet (NASA, network)
1328
1329@item NSI
1330Network Store Interface (MS, Windows)
1331
1332@item NSIS
1333National Schengen Information System (SIS, Europe)
1334
1335@item NSIS
1336Next Steps In Signaling (RFC 4080)
1337
1338@item NSIS
1339Nullsoft Scriptable Install System
1340
1341@item NSN
1342NASA Science Network (USA, network)
1343
1344@item NSP
1345Name Service Protocol (DNS)
1346
1347@item NSP
1348Native Signal Processing (Intel, CPU)
1349
1350@item NSP
1351Network Service Point
1352
1353@item NSP
1354Network Service Provider
1355
1356@item NSP
1357Network Services Protocol (DNA)
1358
1359@item NSPMP
1360Network Switching Performance Measurement Plan
1361
1362@item NSPR
1363NetScape Portable Runtime (Netscape, API)
1364
1365@item NSR
1366Non-Source Routed
1367
1368@item NSRD
1369National Software Reuse Directory (USA)
1370
1371@item NSS
1372Namespace Specific String (URN)
1373
1374@item NSS
1375Network Security Services (Mozilla, Internet)
1376
1377@item NSS
1378Network Server System (Airbus, A380)
1379
1380@item NSS
1381Network Storage Solutions (manufacturer)
1382
1383@item NSS
1384Nodal Switching Subsystem (NSFNET)
1385
1386@item NSS
1387Novell Storage System (Novell, Netware)
1388
1389@item NSSA
1390Not So Stubby Area (OSPF, RFC 1587)
1391
1392@item NSSDC
1393National Space Science Data Center (org., USA)
1394
1395@item NST
1396Network Security Toolkit
1397
1398@item NST
1399Newfoundland Standard Time (TZ)
1400
1401@item NST
1402North Sumatra Time [+0630] (TZ)
1403
1404@item NSTAN
1405NebenSTellenANlagen (DTAG, CBX), "NStAn"
1406
1407@item NSTC
1408National Science and Technology Council (org., USA)
1409
1410@item NSTL
1411National Software Testing Lab (org., USA)
1412
1413@item NSTS
1414National Secure Telephone System
1415
1416@item NSTX
1417Name Server Tunnel Exchange [protocol]
1418
1419@item NSW
1420National Software Works (OS)
1421
1422@item NT
1423[Windows] New Technology (MS, OS, Windows)
1424
1425@item NT
1426Netzwerk Terminator, Network Terminator (ISDN)
1427
1428@item NT
1429Nome Time [-1100] (TZ)
1430
1431@item NT1
1432Network Termination [unit] 1 (ISDN)
1433
1434@item NTAS
1435NT Advanced Server (MS, Windows NT)
1436
1437@item NTBA
1438Network Termination for Basic Access (ISDN)
1439
1440@item NTBBA
1441Netzwerk-Terminationspunkt BreitBandAngebot (DTAG, DSL)
1442
1443@item NTC
1444National Telecommunications Conference (conference, USA)
1445
1446@item NTDS
1447[Windows] NT Directory Services (MS, Windows NT, DS)
1448
1449@item NTE
1450Network Terminal Equipment
1451
1452@item NTFS
1453[windows] New Technology File System
1454
1455@item NTI
1456Network Termination Interface
1457
1458@item NTIA
1459National Telecommunications and Information Administration / Agency (org., USA)
1460
1461@item NTK
1462Need-To-Know (slang, Usenet, IRC)
1463
1464@item NTK
1465Newton ToolKit (Apple)
1466
1467@item NTLM
1468[Windows] NT LAN Manager (MS, Windows NT, LAN, SMB)
1469
1470@item NTN
1471National Telecommunications Network
1472
1473@item NTO
1474Network Terminal Option
1475
1476@item NTP
1477Network Time Protocol (Internet, RFC 1119/1305)
1478
1479@item NTS
1480Network Technical Support
1481
1482@item NTS
1483Network Test System
1484
1485@item NTS
1486New Typesetting System (TeX, DANTE)
1487
1488@item NTS2
1489Network Transport Services /2 (IBM), "NTS/2"
1490
1491@item NTSA
1492Netware Telephony Services Architecture
1493
1494@item NTSC
1495National Television Standards Committee (org., USA)
1496
1497@item NTSC
1498Never The Same Color (slang)
1499
1500@item NTSE
1501[Windows] NT Server / Enterprise edition (MS, Windows NT), "NTS/E"
1502
1503@item NTT
1504Nippon Telephone & Telegraph (org., Japan)
1505
1506@item NUA
1507Network User Address
1508
1509@item NUC
1510Next Unit of Computing (Intel)
1511
1512@item NUI
1513Network User Identification (Datex-P)
1514
1515@item NUISSH
1516Natur- und UmweltInformationsSystem Schleswig-Holstein (UIS), "NUIS-SH"
1517
1518@item NUMA
1519Non Uniform Memory Access (SMP)
1520
1521@item NURB
1522Non Uniform Rational B-spline
1523
1524@item NURBS
1525Non-Uniform Rational B-Spline (CAD, Animation)
1526
1527@item NUS
1528National University of Singapore (org.)
1529
1530@item NUTEK
1531[National Board for Industrial and Technical Development] (org., Sweden)
1532
1533@item NVD
1534National Vulnerability Database (NIST, USA)
1535
1536@item NVDM2
1537NetView Distribution Manager /2 (OS/2, IBM), "NVDM/2"
1538
1539@item NVN
1540National Videotex Network (USA, network)
1541
1542@item NVP
1543Network Voice Protocol
1544
1545@item NVRAM
1546Non-Volatile Random Access Memory (RAM, IC)
1547
1548@item NVS
1549NachrichtenVermittlungsSystem (INPOL)
1550
1551@item NVSG
1552NVidia SceneGraph [SDK] (Nvidia, SDK)
1553
1554@item NVT
1555Network Virtual Terminal (Telnet, Internet)
1556
1557@item NWCS
1558Netware Workstation Compatible Service (Netware, Windows NT)
1559
1560@item NWIP
1561NetWare Internet Protocol (Novell, Netware)
1562
1563@item NWNET
1564NorthWestern states NETwork (network, USA), "NWNet"
1565
1566@item NWO
1567NetWork Operator (ETSI, ETSI 201 671)
1568
1569@item NWP
1570Numeric Weather Modelling
1571
1572@item NX
1573No eXecute (AMD, Athlon)
1574
1575@item NYSERNET
1576New York State Education and Research NETwork (network, USA), "NYSERNet"
1577
1578@item NZCS
1579New Zealand Computer Society (org., Neuseeland)
1580
1581@item NZT
1582New Zealand Time [+1130] (TZ)
1583
1584@item NZUSUGI
1585New Zealand Unix System User Group, Inc. (org., Unix, user group)
1586
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