| nth-line
support |
A
group who are performing a
higher level of support call in
another group to assist them. |
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| Nanosecond |
Nanosecond
is a time measure used to
represent computing speed, in
particular the speed at which
electrical signals travel
through circuits within the
computer. |
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| Network
Access Point |
An
interchange point for Internet
traffic, for example where
various Internet network
carriers and major ISPs exchange
data. |
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| Network
Address Translation |
The
process of converting between IP
addresses used within an
intranet or other private and
Internet IP addresses. |
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| Network
Data Management Protocol |
An
open protocol for network-based
backups of file servers that
allows platform-independent data
storage. |
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| Network
Driver Interface Specification |
A
software interface, or set of
rules, designed to enable
different network protocols to
communicate with a variety of
network adapters. This provides
a standard, or common language,
for the drivers used by network
adapters so enabling a single
network adapter to support
multiple protocols. Conversely,
this also enables a single
protocol to work with network
adapters from different vendors. |
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| Network
News Transfer Protocol |
A
standard on the Internet used to
distribute news articles and
query news servers. |
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| Non
Destructive Readout |
A
reading operation that does not
destroy the data read, either
because the storage technology
is capable of retaining the data
or because the reading operation
is accompanied by a data
refresh, update, function. |
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| Notional
Charging |
A
technique whereby a Customer is
informed of what the charge
would be for the service used,
although no actual funds change hands;
often used as a stage in the
introduction of full charging to
an organisation. |
