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N
1. N Newtons
2. N(r) Receive Sequence Number
3. N(s) Send Sequence Number
4. NA Numerical aperture
5. NA Network Aspects, North America
6. NA/WCPE North American WCPE
7. NAB National Association of Broadcasters
8. NACD Network Automatic Call Distribution
9. NACK Negative ACKnowledgment
10. NACLA National Cooperation for Laboratory Accreditation
11. NADH North American Digital Hierarchy
12. NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement
13. NAG Network Reference Models, Acronyms & Definitions, & Guide to Standards Ad Hoc
14. NAI Network Access Identifier
15. NAK Negative Acknowledgment
16. NAK-NS Negative Acknowledgment - Not Supported
17. NAK-NU Negative Acknowledgment - Not Understood
18. NAL Network Adaptation Layer
19. NAM Number Assignment Module
20. NAMPS Narrowband AMPS
21. NANC North American Numbering Council
22. NANP North American Numbering Plan
23. NANPA North American Numbering Plan Administration (Administrator)
24. NAP Network Access Point
25. NAR Numbering, Addressing & Routing Committee of ETSI NA2
26. NAS Network Access Servers
27. NASA National Aeronautics & Space Administration
28. NASC Number Administration Service Center
29. NASDA National Space Development Agency of Japan
30. NASNA National Association of State 9-1-1 Administrators
31. NASRNG Network Access Server Requirements
32. NAT Network Address Translation
33. NATA North American Telephone Association
34. NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization
35. NAVDEC Network Access Server & Voice on IP Device Control
36. NB Block Down converter
37. NBC Non-backward Compatible
38. NBDG New Business Development Group
39. NBR New Business Release
40. NBS National Bureau of Standards, Net Broadcast Service
41. NC Network Codes, Network Channel, Network Computer
42. NCA Non-Call Associated
43. NCAG Network Commonality Ad Hoc Group
44. NCaps Capabilities with No sub-fields
45. NCAS Non-Call Associated Signaling
46. NCC Network Color Code, Network Control Center
47. NCG Number Consulting Group
48. NCI Network Channel Interface, Non Coded Information
49. NCL Networks Communications Laboratory
50. NCOS Network class of service
51. NCP Network Connection Point, Network Control Point, Network Control Program
52. NCRP National Council of Radiation Protection & Measurement
53. NCS Nurse Call System
54. NCSA National Center for Supercomputing Applications, National Computer Security Association
55. NCTA National Cable Television Association
56. NCTE Network Circuit Terminating Equipment, Network Channel Terminating Equipment
57. ND NSF Message data Indication
58. NDA Non-Disclosure Agreement
59. NDC National Destination Code
60. NDF New Data Flag
61. NDIS Network Driver (or Device) Interface Specification
62. NDS Network Documentation System
63. NDSS Network Directed System Selection
64. NE Network Entity, Network Element
65. NEBS Network Equipment Builder Standard, Network Equipment Building Systems
66. NEC National Electric Code
67. NECQ National Electronic Components Quality Assessment System
68. NEF Network Element Function, Network Element Function block
69. NEFA Near End Failure
70. NEI Network Element Interface
71. NEL Network Element Layer
72. NEMA National Electrical Manufacturers Association
73. NENA National Emergency Number Association
74. NEP Network Equipment Provider
75. NES Network Element Server
76. NET Norme Europeenne de Telecommunication
77. NetBIOS Network Basic Input Output System
78. NetPC Net Personal Computer
79. NEW FORUM Former COCOM
80. NEXT Near End Cross Talk
81. NF Noise Figure
82. NFAS Non-Facilities-Associated Signaling
83. NFPA National Fire Protection Agency
84. NGDLC Next Generation Digital Loop Carrier
85. NGI Next Generation Internet [aka Internet2]
86. NGN Next Generation Network
87. NGOF Next Generation Optical Fiber
88. NGSO Non-Geostationary Satellite Orbit
89. NHR Next Hop Resolution
90. NHRP Next Hop Routing Protocol [allows routers to dynamically discover the data link address for other routers on a WAN cloud; particularly important for ATM, Frame Relay, SMDS and X.25 environments. Today it is necessary to configure the network layer and dat
91. NHRP Next Hop Resolution Protocol, Next Hop Routing Protocol
92. NI National ISDN, Network Element
93. NI-1 National ISDN-1
94. NI-2 National ISDN-2
95. NIA Network Indicate Address
96. NIBS National Institute for Building Standards
97. NIC Network Independent Clocking, Network Information Center, Network Interface Card, National ISDN Council
98. NiCd Nickel Cadmium
99. NID Network Identification, Network Interface Device, Network Interface or Demarcation, Node ID
100. NIDAB Narrow Band Digital Broadcasting
101. NII National Information Infrastructure
102. NIM Network interface module
103. NiMH Nickel Metal Hydride
104. NIO Network Input Output
105. NIP Number Identification Presentation
106. NIS Network Information Service
107. NISDN National ISDN
108. N-ISDN Narrowband ISDN
109. NISP Network Inventory & Service Provisioning
110. NIST National Institute for Standard s and Technology
111 NIU Network Interface Unit
112. NIU Network Interface Unit
113. NIUF National ISDN Users Forum, North American ISDN Users Forum
114. NLC Node Line Card
115. NLD Non-Linear Distortion
116. N-LLC Narrowband Logical Link Control
117. NLM Network Loadable Module
118. NLP Network Layer Protocol , Non-Linear Processor
119. NLPID Network Layer Protocol ID
120. NLS Native Language Support
121. nm Nanometer
122. NM Network Management
123. NMA Network Management & Administration, Network Monitoring & Analysis
124. NMAG Network Management Ad hoc Group
125. NMAS Network Management System
126. NMC Network Management Center, Network Model Coverage
127. NMCS NMC System
128. NME Network Management Entity
129. NMF Network Management Forum
130. NML Network Management Layer
131. NMM Network Map Management
132. NMO NM Option, NetMetrix Operation
133. NMP Network Management Protocol
134. NMS Network Management System
135. NMSI National Mobile Station Identification
136. NMT Nordic Mobile Telephone
137. NMX Normas Mexicanas (non-mandatory Mexican standard)
138. NNI Network-to-Network Interface
139. NNM Network Node Manager
140. NNTP Network News Transfer Protocol
141. NO PROBLEM NOn PROprietary reliaBLe Electronic Mail
142. NOC Network Operations Center
143. NOF Network Operations Forum
144. NOI Notice of Inquiry
145. NOM Mexican National Standards
146. NOS Network Operating System
147. NOTE Network Office Terminating Equipment
148. NP Network provider
149. NP Non-Public, Number Portability
150. NPA Network Planning Area , Network Provider Access, Numbering Plan Area
151. NPAC Number Portability Administration Center
152. NPC Network Parameter Control
153. N-PCS Narrowband PCS
154. NPDB Number Portability Database
155. NPI Numbering Plan Indicator
156. NPID Network Provider Identification
157. NPR Noise Power Ratio
158. NPRM Notice of Proposed Rule Making
159. NPRP Number Portability Routing Protocol
160. NPS Network Planning System
161. NPSI Network Packet Switching Interface
162. NPV Net Present Value
163. NR Nordstrom-Robinson
164. NRC Negotiated Rulemaking Committee, Network Reliability Council
165. NRM Network Reference Model,
166. NRP Node Route Processor
167. NRR Network Restoration Ratio
168. NRTL Nationally Recognized Test Laboratory
169. NRZ Non-Return to Zero
167. NRZI Non-Return to Zero on Ones
168. NS Network Systems
169. NS/EP National Security & Emergency Preparedness
170. NSA Non-Service-Affecting, Network Systems Architecture lab, National Security Agency
171. NSAM Network, System and Application Management
172. NSAP Network Service Access Point
173. NSB National Standardization Body
174. NSC Non-Standard Facilities Command, Network Service Center
175. NS-cap Non-Standard capability
176. NSFNET National Science Foundation NETwork
177. NSI Network Service Interface
178. NSIE Network Security Information Exchange
179. NSM Network Status Monitor, Networked Systems Management, Network Service Module
180. NSMA National Spectrum Managers Association
181. NSMD Network and Systems Management Division
182. NSN Network Services Node
183. NSO National Standard Organization
184. NSP Network Services Part, National Signaling Point, Node Switch Processor
185. NSS Network (and switching) Sub-System, Non-Standard Setup
186. NSTAC National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee
187. NSTC National Science and Technology Center
189. NT Network Termination
190. NTCA National Telephone Cooperative Association
191. NTE Network Terminating Equipment
192. NTIA National Telecommunications & Information Administration
193. NTP Network Termination Point, Network Transaction Processors, Network Time Protocol
194. NTQ Near Toll Quality
195. NTR Network Timing Reference marker
196. NTRAC New Technical Recommendation Application Committee
197. NTSC National Television Standards Committee, National Television System Committee
198. NTT Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
199. NTTC National Technology Transfer Center
200. NUI Network User Identification
201. NVCASE National Voluntary Conformity Assessment System Evaluation
202. NVLAP National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program
203. NVoD Near Video on Demand
204. NVRAM Non-Volatile RAM
205. NWK Network, Layer 3 of the WCPE protocol stack
206. NYCE Certification Body accredited by SECOFI (Mexico)
207. NYIIX New York International Internet Exchange