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NAK | NAK - See: Negative Acknowledgment
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Name | Name - [Source: ZEN]
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name resolution | name resolution - The process of mapping a name into its corresponding address. Seealso: Domain Name System.[Source: RFC1208]
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namespace | namespace - A commonly distributed set of names in which all names are unique.[Source: MALAMUD]
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National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) | National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) - United States governmental body that provides assistance indeveloping standards. Formerly the National Bureau of Standards.[Source: MALAMUD]
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National Research and Education Network (NREN) | National Research and Education Network (NREN) - The NREN is the realization of an interconnected gigabit computernetwork devoted to Hign Performance Computing and Communications.See also: HPPC, IINREN.[Source: HPCC]
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National Science Foundation (NSF) | National Science Foundation (NSF) - A U.S. government agency whose purpose is to promote theadvancement of science. NSF funds science researchers, scientificprojects, and infrastructure to improve the quality of scientificresearch. The NSFNET, funded by NSF, is an essential part ofacademic and research communications. It is a highspeed "networkof networks" which is hierarchical in nature. At the highestlevel, it is a backbone network currently comprising 16 nodesconnected to a 45Mb/s facility which spans the continental UnitedStates. Attached to that are mid-level networks and attached tothe mid-levels are campus and local networks. NSFNET also hasconnections out of the U.S. to Canada, Mexico, Europe, and thePacific Rim. The NSFNET is part of the Internet.
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NCSA | NCSA - This is the abbreviation for National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign
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Negative Acknowledgment (NAK) | Negative Acknowledgment (NAK) - Response to receipt of a corrupted packet of information. Seealso: Acknowledgement.
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NESTING | NESTING - A term used in Boolean searching to indicate the sequence in which operations are to be performed Enclosing words in parentheses identifies a group or "nest" Groups can be within other groups The operations will be performed from the innermost nest to the outmost, and then from left to right
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netiquette | netiquette - A pun on "etiquette" referring to proper behavior on a network.
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Netnews | Netnews - See: Usenet
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network | network - A computer network is a data communications system whichinterconnects computer systems at various different sites. Anetwork may be composed of any combination of LANs, MANs or WANs.See also: Local Area Network, Metropolitan Area Network, Wide AreaNetwork, internet.
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network address | network address - The network portion of an IP address. For a class A network, thenetwork address is the first byte of the IP address. For a classB network, the network address is the first two bytes of the IPaddress. For a class C network, the network address is the firstthree bytes of the IP address. In each case, the remainder is thehost address. In the Internet, assigned network addresses areglobally unique. See also: Internet, IP address, subnet address,host address, Internet Registry.
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Network File System (NFS) | Network File System (NFS) - A protocol developed by Sun Microsystems, and defined in RFC 1094,which allows a computer system to access files over a network asif they were on its local disks. This protocol has beenincorporated in products by more than two hundred companies, andis now a de facto Internet standard.[Source: NNSC]
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Network Information Center (NIC) | Network Information Center (NIC) - A NIC provides information, assistance and services to networkusers. See also: Network Operations Center.
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Network Information Services (NIS) | Network Information Services (NIS) - A set of services, generally provided by a NIC, to assist users inusing the network. See also: Network Information Center.
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Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) | Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) - A protocol, defined in RFC 977, for the distribution, inquiry,retrieval, and posting of news articles. See also: Usenet.
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network number | network number - See: network address
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Network Operations Center (NOC) | Network Operations Center (NOC) - A location from which the operation of a network or internet ismonitored. Additionally, this center usually serves as aclearinghouse for connectivity problems and efforts to resolvethose problems. See also: Network Information Center.[Source: NNSC]
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Network Time Protocol (NTP) | Network Time Protocol (NTP) - A protocol that assures accurate local timekeeping with referenceto radio and atomic clocks located on the Internet. This protocolis capable of synchronizing distributed clocks within millisecondsover long time periods. It is defined in STD 12, RFC 1119. Seealso: Internet.[Source: NNSC]
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Newline Character | Newline Character - One or two bytes which denote the end of a line . In DOS a newline character is two bytes: a carriage return and a linefeed. In UNIX a newline character is one byte: a linefeed.
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NEWSGROUP | NEWSGROUP - A discussion group operated through the Internet Not to be confused with LISTSERVERS which operate through e-mail For more information see the Beyond General Web Searching Usenet Newsgroups section
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NFS | NFS - Network File System. A process for mounting magnetic disks on a network so that disks not physically attached to a computer appear as if they were physically attached.
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NIC | NIC - See: Network Information Center
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NICDDNMIL | NICDDNMIL - This is the domain name of the DDN NIC. See also: Defense DataNetwork..., Domain Name System, Network Information Center.
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NIS | NIS - See: Network Information Services
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NIST | NIST - See: National Institute of Standards and Technology
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NNTP | NNTP - See: Network News Transfer Protocol
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NOC | NOC - See: Network Operations Center
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Nodal Switching System (NSS) | Nodal Switching System (NSS) - Main routing nodes in the NSFnet backbone. See also: backbone,National Science Foundation.[Source: MALAMUD]
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node | node - An addressable device attached to a computer network. See also:host, router.
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NREN | NREN - See: National Research and Education Network
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NSF | NSF - See: National Science Foundation
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NSS | NSS - See: Nodal Switching System
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NTP | NTP - See: Network Time Protocol
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