CODE | ABBREVIATION |
N
| Normal |
N/A
| Not Acceptable |
N/A
| Not Acceptable / Not Applicable |
NA
| Next Address / Not Acceptable / Not Applicable / Numerical Aperture |
NAA
| Newspaper Association of America |
NAA!
| Not Another Acronym! |
NAC
| Network Access Controller / Network Administration Center / Network Applications Consortium / Networks And Communications / New Age Crackers |
NACHA
| National Automated Clearing House Association |
NACK
| Negative Acknowledgement |
NACM
| Networks and Communications Marketing |
NACOMEX
| National Computer Exchange |
NACS
| NetWare Asynchronous Communications Server / Novell As |
NADF
| North American Directory Forum |
NADT
| Not A Darn Thing |
NAEB
| North American EDIFACT Board |
NAEC
| Novell Authorized Education Center |
NAG
| Network Architecture Group |
NAK
| Negative AcKnowledgment (ASCII) |
NAL
| Netware Application Launcher |
NALOPKT
| Not A Lot Of People Know That |
NAM
| Network Access Method / Number Assignment Module |
NAMAS
| National Measurement Accreditation Services |
NAMS
| Network Analysis and Management System |
NAMTUG
| North American MAP/TOP Users' Group |
NAN
| National Area Network |
NAND
| Not-And Gate |
NANP
| North American Numbering Plan |
NAP
| Network Access Point |
NAPE
| National Pirate Exchange (usually as NaPE) |
NAPL
| National Association of Printers and Lithographers |
NAPLPS
| North American Presentation Level Protocol Syntax |
NAPPA
| Northern American Phreakers/Piraters Association |
NARC
| Nuclear Phreakers/Hackers/Carders |
NARUC
| National Association of Regulatory Utilities Commissio |
NAS
| Network Application Support / Numerical and Atmospheric Sciences (network) |
NASA
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
NASI
| NetWare Asynchronous Services Interface |
NASM
| Named Account Sales Manager |
NASTD
| National Association of State Telecommunications Direc |
NAT
| Network Address Translation |
NATA
| National Association of Testing Authorities |
NATD
| National Association of Telecommunications Dealers |
NATOA
| National Association of Telecommunication Officers and |
NAU
| Network Access Unit / Network Addressable Unit |
NAUN
| Nearest Active Upstream Neighbor / Nearest Addressable |
NBB
| Number of Bytes of Binary |
NBD
| No Big Deal |
NBEC
| Non-Bell Exchange Carrier |
NBEUI
| Network BIOS Extended User Interface |
NBIF
| No basis in fact |
NBL
| Not bloody likely |
NBMA
| Non-Broadcast Multiple Access |
NBNS
| NetBIOS Name Server |
NBP
| Name Binding Protocol / NetBIOS Protocol |
NBS
| National Bureau of Standards |
NC
| Network Channel / Network Computer / Network Connection / no comment |
NCA
| Network Computing Architecture |
NCAIR
| National Center for Automated Information Research |
NCB
| Network Control Block |
NCC
| National Computing Center / Network Control Center / Norwegian Cracking Company |
NCCF
| Network Communications Control Facility |
NCF
| NetWare Command File |
NCI
| Network Channel Interface |
NCIA
| Native Client Interface Architecture |
NCIC
| National Crime Information Center/Computer / Network Control Interface Channel |
NCL
| Network Control Language |
NCM
| Network Connection Management / Node Controller Module |
NCMOS
| N-channel Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor |
NCMS
| Network Control and Management System |
NCP
| NetWare Core Protocol / Network Control Point/Program |
NCPS
| Netware Cross-Platform Services / Novell Cross Platform Services |
NCR
| National Cash Register |
NCS
| National Communications System / Network Computing System / Network Control System |
NCSA
| National Center for Supercomput(er)(ing) Applications / National Computer Security Association |
NCSC
| National Computer Security Center |
NCSI
| Network Communications Services Interface |
NCSL
| National Computer Systems Laboratory |
NCT
| Network Control Terminal |
NCTE
| Network Channel Terminating/Termination Equipment |
NCUG
| National Centrex Users' Group |
ND
| Network Digit |
NDA
| National Directory Assistance / Network Delivery Access / NonDisclosure Agreement |
NDC
| Network Data Collection |
NDCC
| Network Data Collection Center |
NDD
| NetWare Directory Database |
NDIAG
| Norton Diagnostics |
NDIS
| Network Device Interface Specification |
NDL
| Network Database Language |
NDM
| Network Database Managment |
NDMP
| Network Data Management Protocol |
NDMS
| NetWare Distributed Management Services |
NDN
| National Distribution Network / Non-Delivery Notification |
NDPS
| NetWare Distributed Printing Services |
NDR
| Network Data Representation |
NDS
| NetWare Directory Services / Network Data System / Novell Directory Service |
NDT
| Net Data Throughput / No Dead Trees |
NDTS
| Network Diagnostic and Test System |
NDU
| Network Device Utility |
NE
| Network Element |
NEAP
| Novell Education Academic Partner |
NEARNET
| New England Academic and Research Network |
NEAS
| North East Atlantic States |
NEAT
| Novell Easy Administration Tool |
NEBS
| New/Network Equipment Building System |
NEC
| National Electric Code / Nippon Electronic Company |
NEF
| Network Element Function |
NEMA
| National Electrical Manufacturers Association |
NEP
| Noise Equivalent Power |
NERC
| Natural Environment Research Council |
NERD
| National Establishment for Real Dorks |
NES
| Net Equipment Sales |
NESAC
| National Electronic Switching Assistance Center |
NESC
| National Electric Safety Code |
NESS
| Network of European Ship-building Students |
NET
| (The) Inter(sometimes as The NET) / Network (as high level domain .net) / Network Entity Title / Norme Europeenne de Telecommunications (European) |
NETBEUI
| Network Basic input/output system Extended User Interface |
NETBIOS
| Network Basic Input/Output System |
NETDDE
| Network Dynamic Data Exchange (usually as NetDDE) |
NETIPC
| Network InterProcess Communication |
NEUA
| National Elite Underground Alliance |
NEWS
| Network Error Warning System / Novell Electronic Webcasting Service |
NEXT
| Near End X-Talk / Near-End Cross Talk |
NF
| Not Finished |
NFA
| No Flaming Allowed |
NFF
| No Form Feed |
NFI
| no friggin' idea |
NFS
| Network File System |
NFSP
| National Federation of Software Pirates |
NFT
| Network File Transfer |
NFW
| No F**king Way |
NFWM
| No Fu**ing Way Man! |
NFX
| (The) New Fone Express (magazine) |
NGI
| Next-Generation Internet |
NH
| Nazi Hackers / Non-busy Hour |
NHAS
| New Hampshire Administrative Services |
NHOB
| Non-specific Hierarchical Operational Binding |
NHR
| Non Hierarchical Routing |
NHRP
| Next Hop Resolution Protocol / Next Hop Routing Protocol / Non-Hierarchical Routing Protocol |
NHTSA
| National Highway Traffic Safety Administration |
NI
| National ISDN (sometimes as NI-1) / Network Interconnect / Network Interface |
NI-1
| National ISDN 1 |
NIA
| Network Information Access (newsletter) |
NIC
| Network Information Center / Network Interface Card |
NICAD
| Nickel Cadmium (usually as NiCad) |
NICD
| NIckel CaDium (usually NiCd) |
NICE
| Network Information and Control Exchange |
NID
| Network Interface Device |
NIDL
| Network Interface Definition Language |
NIFOC
| Nude In Front Of Computer |
NIFOK
| Naked In Front of the Keyboard |
NIGGER
| now I've gotto go eveict Racists |
NIH
| National Institutes of Health |
NII
| National Information Infrastructure |
NIIT
| National Information Infrastructure Testbed (coalition |
NIM
| Network Interface Module |
NIMBY
| Not in My Back Yard |
NiMH
| Nickel Metal Hydride |
NIMH
| Nickel Metal Hydride (usually as NiMH) |
NIMH
| NIckel Metal Hydroxide |
NIMS
| Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer |
NIOD
| Network Inward/Outward Dialing |
NIOS
| NetWare Input/Output System |
NIPS
| Neural Information Processing Systems |
NIR
| Networked Information Retrieval |
NIRF
| Near Infrared Fluorophores |
NIS
| Names Infomation Socket / National Information System / Network Information Service |
NISDN
| Narrowband Integrated Services Digital Network |
N-ISDN
| Narrowband Integrated Services Digital Network |
NISE
| Network Installation Service Engineer |
NISO
| National Information Standards Organization |
NISP
| Networked Information Services Project |
NISS
| National Information Services and Systems |
NIST
| National Institute of Standards and Technology |
NIST-APP
| National Institute of Standards and Technology Applica |
NIU
| Network Interface Unit |
NIUF
| North american ISDN Users' Forum |
NJE
| Network Job Entry |
NJTH
| Not Just Thinking Here |
NL
| Network Layer |
NLB
| Number of Lines of Binary |
NLDM
| Network Logical Data Manager |
NLM
| NetWare Loadable Module(s) |
NLP
| Name Lookup Protocol / Natural Language Processing |
NLPID
| Network Layer Protocol IDentifier |
NLQ
| Near-Letter Quality |
NLS
| National Language Support / oNLine Service / Online System |
NLSP
| NetWare Link Service Protocol |
NM
| Never mind / Nanometer (usually as Nm) / Network Management / Network Module |
NMA
| NetWare Management Agent / Network Management Architecture |
NMC
| Network Management Center |
NMCC
| Network Management Control Center |
NME
| Network Management Entity |
NMF
| Network Management Forum |
NMI
| Nautilus Memory Interconnect / Nonmaskable Interrupt / Non-Maskable Interrupt |
NMO
| Network Management Option |
NMOS
| Negative-channel Metal Oxide Semiconductor |
NMP
| Network Management Protocol |
NMR
| NetWare Management Responder / Normal Mode Rejection |
NMS
| NetWare Management System / Network Management System |
NMSIG
| Network Management Special Interest Group |
NMVT
| Network Management Vector Transport |
NN
| Negative Notification |
NND
| National Number Dialing |
NNF
| National Nanofabrication Facility |
NNI
| Netherlands Normatization Institute / Network Node Interface / Network to Network Interface |
NNM
| Network Node Manager |
NNS
| NetWare Name Service |
NNTP
| Network News Transport/Transfer Protocol |
NNX
| Network Numbering Exchange |
NOAA
| National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration |
NOC
| Network Operations Center |
NOCS
| Network Operations Center System |
NOF
| Network Operations Forum / Not On File |
NOMS
| Not on MY System |
NOOP
| Network OSI OPerations |
NOR
| Net Operating Revenue |
NORAD
| North American Defense Command |
NORGEN
| Network Operations Report GENerator |
NOS
| Network Operating System |
NOT
| Nation Of Thieves (usually as NOT!) |
NOT!
| Nation Of Thieves |
NOTIS
| Network Operator Trouble Information System |
NOYB
| #NAME? |
NP
| No Problem / Network Performance / Network Provider / New Project |
NPA
| National Phreaker's Alliance / Northern Phreaker's Alliance / NetWare Peripheral Architecture / Network Professional Association / No Power Alarm / Number Planning Area / Numbering Plan Area |
NPAI
| Network Protocol Address Information |
NPAP
| Network Printing Alliance Protocol |
NPC
| Network Parameter Control / North Pacific Cable / Northern Phun (Phreaker Hacker Underground Network) Company |
NPDA
| Network Problem Determination Application |
NPDU
| Network Protocol Data Unit |
NPF
| Network Partitioning Facility |
NPIP
| New Product Integration Process |
NPL
| National Physical Laboratory |
NPM
| NetView Performance Monitor |
NPN
| Notes Public Network |
NPO
| New Product Operations |
NPR
| National Performance Review / Network Process Engineering / Normal Priority Request |
NPRM
| Notice of Proposed Rule Making |
NPSI
| Network Packet Switch Interface |
NPSS
| NASA Packet Switching System |
NPSU
| New Product Start Up |
NPTN
| National Public Telecomputing Network |
NPV
| Net Present Value |
NRC
| National Research Council / No-Read Checking |
NRCS
| National Replacement Character Set |
NREN
| National Research and Education Network |
NRM
| Network Resource Management |
NRN
| No reply necessary / Novell Remote Network |
NRS
| Name Registration Scheme |
NRT
| Non-Real Time |
NRZ
| Non-Return to Zero (signaling) |
NRZI
| Non - Return to Zero Inverted |
NRZ-L
| Non - Return to Zero - Level |
NRZL
| Non-Return to Zero Level |
NS
| Nanosecond (usually as ns) / Network Service |
NSA
| National Security Agency / National Security Anarchists / Next Station Addressing |
NSAG
| Netskills Advisory Group |
NSAI
| National Standards Authority of Ireland |
NSAP
| Network Service(s) Access Point |
NSAPI
| Netscape Server Application Programming Interface |
NSC
| National Security Council / National Semiconductor / Network Service Center |
NSCS
| Network Service Center System |
NSDD
| National Security Decision Directive |
NSE
| (Novell) Network Support Encyclopedia |
NSEC
| Network Switching Engineering Center |
NSEL
| Network SELector |
NSEP
| National Security and Emergency Preparedness |
NSF
| National Science Foundation |
NSFNET
| National Science Foundation NETwork |
NSI
| (RPC) Name Service Independent / NASA Science Internet / Network Solutions Inc. |
NSM
| Network Systems Management |
NSO
| National Standards Organization |
NSP
| National Service Provider / NATO Standardized Profile / Network Service Part (SS7) / Network Services Protocol |
NSPMP
| Network Switching Performance Measurement Plan |
NSR
| Non-Source Routed |
NSS
| No Shit Shylock / Nodal Switching System |
NSSDU
| Normal Session Service Data Unit |
NSSG
| Netskills Steering Group |
NSSII
| Network Supervisory System II |
NSSR
| Non - Specific Subordinate Reference |
NSTL
| National Software Testing Laboratories |
NT
| Nested Task (flag) / Network Termination / New Technology (as in Windows NT) / Network Terminal / Northern Telecom |
NTA
| Nokturnal Trading Alliance |
NTAS
| (Windows) New Technology Advanced Server |
NTD
| Network Tools for Design |
NTE
| Network Terminal Equipment |
NTEC
| Network Technical Equipment Center |
NTFS
| (Windows) NT File System / New Technology File System |
NTFS
| NT File System |
NTI
| New Technologies/Technology Initiative / Novell Technology Institute |
NTIA
| National Telecommunications and Information Administration/Agency |
NTIS
| National Technical Information Service |
NTISSC
| National Telecommunications and Information Systems Steering |
NTK
| Nice To Know |
NTL
| Nevertheless |
NTLM
| NT Lan Manager |
NTM
| Network Traffic Management |
NTMP
| Network Training Materials Project |
NTN
| Network Terminal Number |
NTP
| Network Time Protocol |
NTPF
| Number of Terminals Per Failure |
NTS
| Network Technical Support / Network Test System / Network Tracking System |
NTSA
| Networking Technical Support Alliance |
NTSC
| National Television Standards Committee / New Technologies Sub-Committee |
NTT
| Nippon Telegraph and Telephone / Numbered Test Trunk |
NTTAWWT
| not that there's anything wrong with that |
NTU
| Network Terminating Unit |
NUA
| Network User Address / Network Users' Association |
NUCFS
| NetWare UNIX Client File System |
NUI
| NetWare Users International / Network User Identification / Network User Interface |
NUMA
| Non-Uniform Memory Access (architecture) |
NUNP
| No Users |
NUP
| New User Password |
NURBS
| NonUniform Rational B-Spline |
NUS
| National Union of Students |
NVE
| Network Visible Entity |
NVLAP
| National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program |
NVN
| National Videtex Network |
NVP
| Nominal Velocity of Propagation |
NVRAM
| Nonvolatile Random Access Memory |
NVRAM
| Non-Volatile Random Access Memory |
NVT
| Novell Virtual Terminal |
NVTS
| Network Virtual Terminal Service |
NWG
| Network Working Group |
NWI
| New Work Item |
NWSS
| Networks & Site Services |
NYC
| New York Crackers |
NYCTMI
| Now You Come To Mention It |
NYNEX
| New York - New England Exchange / New York New England and the unknown (X) |
NYSERNET
| New York State Education and Research Network |
NYSHII
| New York Safe House II |