Technology terms starting with N

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N North
n-gram segmentation A method of analysis that considers overlapping sequences of a given number of characters as a single word rather than using blank space to delimit words…
N/A (1) Not Applicable. (2) Not Available.
N/SP CC NORAD/US SPACECOM Commander.
N1 Sun's architecture for the next -generation data center. The architecture is designed to make the entire data center behave as a single, unified system.
NA Abbreviation for numerical aperture.
NAAF Neutral Airframe Adaptive Flare.
NACMA NATO ACCS Management Agency.
NACSEM National Communications Security Emanations Memoranda.
NACSI National Communications Security Instruction.
NACSIM National Communications Security Information Memoranda.
NAD Navy Area Defense (lower tier).
NADC Naval Air Development Center.
NADGE NATO Air Defense Ground Environment.
NADIR The point on any given observer's celestial sphere diametrically opposite of one's zenith.
NAE Navy Acquisition Executive.
NAF (1) Non-appropriated Fund. 2. Naval Air Facility.
NAI Named Areas of Interest.
NAIC National Air Intelligence Center (DIA), Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.
nailed-up circuit Deprecated term. See dedicated circuit, permanent virtual circuit.
NAK Acronym for negative-acknowledge character.
NAK attack In communications security systems, a security penetration technique that makes use of the negative-acknowledge transmission-control character and…
NAM The operational North American Meso (NAM, formerly Eta) is run four times per day (00,06,12,18Z), all cycles run to 84-h.
Name & Address Book Now called the Domino Directory or Personal Address Book.
Name resolution The process of translating a name into some object or information that the name represents.
name server A network server that provides a directory service. See also "DNS," "NIS," and "WINS."
Name value-pairs In a search context, name value-pairs are raw data that is normalized into a structured "tree" of information.
NAMEADSMA NATO MEADS Management Agency.
named element A specific design element in an IBM® Lotus® Notes® application -- for example, a view or folder.
named pipe A "pipe" with a name embedded in the "filesystem" so that it can be accessed by two unrelated processes.
named style A collection of styles that you can apply to data in a file. Styles stored in a named style can include number format, typeface, type size, underlining…
namespace A prefix applied to URIs, URNs, and XML entities to prevent naming conflicts.
Naming Authority An organizational entity responsible for assigning distinguished names (DNs) and for assuring that each DN is meaningful and unique within its domain.
naming context A set of associations between unique, atomic, people-friendly identifiers and objects.
naming environment A mechanism that allows a component to be customized without the need to access or change the component's source code.
NANP Area Consists of the United States, Canada and the Caribbean countries: Anguilla, Antigua, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Cayman…
NANPA (North American Numbering Plan Administration) NANPA holds overall responsibility for the neutral administration of NANP numbering resources, subject to directives from regulatory authorities in the…
NAOC National Airborne Operations Center (formerly NEACP).
NAP NDS Augmentation Package.
NAP agent A client-side service that collects and manages health information. The NAP agent mediates communication of client health status between installed system…
NAP client A computer that supports the NAP platform and can provide statements of health (SoHs) to a network access device.
NAP EC A component in a NAP client architecture that integrates with network access technologies, such as DHCP, VPN, 802.1X, IPsec, and TS Gateway.
NAP enforcement client A component in a NAP client architecture that integrates with network access technologies, such as DHCP, VPN, 802.1X, IPsec, and TS Gateway.
NAP enforcement point A server or network access device that uses NAP or can be used with NAP to require the evaluation of a NAP clientâs health state and provide…
NAP enforcement server A component of the NAP architecture that enforces restricted network access for noncompliant NAP clients.
NAP EP A server or network access device that uses NAP or can be used with NAP to require the evaluation of a NAP clientâs health state and provide…
NAP ES A component of the NAP architecture that enforces restricted network access for noncompliant NAP clients.
NAP health policy server A server running NPS that evaluates NAP client health status. The NAP health policy server uses health policies and network policies to evaluate…
NARA The abbreviation for National Archives and Records Administration.
narrative traffic Traffic consisting of plain or encrypted messages written in a natural language and transmitted in accordance with standard formats and procedures.
narrowband modem A modem whose modulated output signal has an essential frequency spectrum that is limited to that which can be wholly contained within, and faithfully…
narrowband radio voice frequency (NBRVF) In narrowband radio, the nominal 3-kHz bandwidth allocated for single channel radio that provides a transmission path for analog and quasi-analog signals.
narrowband signal Any analog signal or analog representation of a digital signal whose essential spectral content is limited to that which can be contained within a voice…
NAS (1) National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC. (2) Naval Air Station.
NAS (Network Attached Storage) NAS provides storage resources to servers and workstations over a shared or dedicated network.
NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, DC.
NASDA National Space Development Agency (Japan).
NASP National Aerospace Plane.
NAT (Network Address Translation) A type of network connection that allows you to connect your virtual machines to an external network when you have only one IP network address, and that…
NAT instance An instance that is configured to perform NAT in a VPC. A NAT instance enables private instances in the VPC to initiate Internet-bound traffic without…
NATA Abbreviation for North American Telecommunications Association.
NATINAD NATO Integrated Air Defense.
National Data from all categories that cover the entire continental United States of America.
National Airborne Operations Center (NAOC) One of four specially equipped Boeing 747s that during a national emergency would allow the President and top military leaders to stay airborne for up to…
National Association of Securities Dealers 3010 & 3110 (NASD 3010 & 3110) The National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) requires that member firms establish and maintain a system to "supervise" the activities of each…
National Bureau of Standards (NBS) now known as NIST (see NIST).
National Command Authorities (NCA) The President and the Secretary of Defense or their duly deputized alternates or successors. 195
National Communications System (NCS) The organization established by Section 1(a) of Executive Order No. 12472 to assist the President, the National Security Council, the Director of the…
National Coordinating Center (NCC) for Telecommunications The joint telecommunications industry/Federal Government operation established by the National Communications System to assist in the initiation…
National Electric Code® (NEC) A standard that governs the use of electrical wire, cable, and fixtures, and electrical and optical communications cable installed in buildings.
National Information Assurance Partnership (NIAP) A U.S. Government initiative originated to meet the security testing needs of both information technology (IT) consumers and producers.
National Information Infrastructure (NII) A proposed, advanced, seamless web of public and private communications networks, interactive services, interoperable hardware and software, computers…
National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST) The agency that produces the Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) for all U.S.A. government agencies except the Department of Defense.
National map accuracy standards (NMAS) specifications of accuracy standards for well-defined map points on published maps that are specified by the U.S. Geological Survey and revised by the U.S.
National Military Command Center (NMCC) The primary location for JCS command and control of all U.S. and Combined Forces. Located at the Pentagon, Arlington, VA.
National Military Command System (NMCS) The priority component of the Worldwide Military Command and Control System (WWMCCS) designed to support the National Command Authorities and Joint Chiefs…
National Missile Defense (NMD) System OBSOLETE. A ground-based anti-ballistic missile system designed to protect the U.S. against limited ballistic missile threats.
national number The number identifying a calling user line within an area designated by a country code. [T1.104-1991]
national prefix A digit or combination of digits to be dialed by a calling subscriber, making a call to a subscriber in his own country but outside his own numbering area.
National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) A Department of Defense Agency tasked to ensure that the United States has the technology, spaceborne , and airborne assets needed to acquire intelligence…
National Security Emergency Preparedness Telecommunications Services Telecommunications services that are used to maintain a state of readiness or to respond to and manage any event or crisis (local, national, or…
national security information (NSI) Information that has been determined, pursuant to Executive Order 12958 or any predecessor order, to require protection against unauthorized disclosure.
national security system Any telecommunications or information system operated by the United States Government, the function, operation, or use of which: (a) involves intelligence…
National Strategy Selection The determination of when it is in the national interest to activate and employ defense resources (i.e.
National Television Standards Committee standard See NTSC standard.
National Test Bed (NTB) A number of geographically separated simulation and test facilities that are linked through communications to simulate various portions of the ballistic…
National Test Bed Joint Program Office (NTBJPO) (OBSOLETE) A Joint Service organization established to manage the NTF and execute the NTB program for MDA.
National Test Facility (NTF) A large, modeling, simulation and test facility located on Falcon AFB in Colorado which serves as the central control, coordinating, and computing center…
National Transfer Format (NTF) British Standard BS 7567. NTF is an exchange format that permits the transfer of vector data with five different levels of complexity.
National Warning Center (NWC) Center in CMAFB, which activates the radio, TV, and sirens that warn the U.S. population of impending ballistic missile attack.
National xxSecurity or Emergency Preparedness telecommunications See NS/EP telecommunications.
Native A Java keyword that is used in method declarations to specify that the method is not implemented in the same Java source file, but rather in another…
Native Execution Execution of an application directly on a physical server, as contrasted with running the application in a virtual machine.
native method A method written in a language other than Java, but accessible to a Java program.
native mode An operating mode of Exchange Server 2003 when the Exchange organization consists of only Exchange 2003 or Exchange 2000 servers.
native mode usage A statement syntax entered in ARC/INFO in the language of an external system. Inclusion of an SQL WHERE clause in an ARC/INFO native mode SQL selection…
Native System A computer running a single operating system, and in which the applications run directly in that operating system.
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
NATOPS Naval Air Training and Operating Procedures Standardization. 196
natural frequency Of an antenna, the lowest frequency at which the antenna resonates without the addition of any inductance or capacitance.