| N3 |
Notation3 (org/w3c) |
| NAB |
National Association of Broadcasters (org) |
| NABA |
North American Broadcasters Association (org) |
| NAK |
Negative Acknowledgement (org/ansi/ascii) |
| NAP |
Network Access Point (org/itu/q1200) |
| NARP |
Non-Broadcast Multiple Access Address Resolution Protocol (org/ietf) |
| NAS |
Network Attached Storage (ict/comp/hdd) |
| NASA |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (org) |
| NAT |
Network Address Translator (org/ietf/ip) |
| NB |
Nota bene (jargon) |
| NBI |
Northbound Interface (ict) |
| NBMA |
Non-Broadcast Multiple Access (org/itu/atm) |
| NCCE |
Native Computing and Communication Environment (org/tina-c) |
| NCD |
Network Computing Devices (com/us) |
| NCL |
Null Convention Logic (ict/comp/cpu) |
| NCMS |
Network Connection Management Sub-protocol (org/itu) |
| NCOIC |
Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium (org) |
| NCR |
National Cash Registers (com/us) |
| NDA |
Non-Disclosure Agreement (biz) |
| NDAS |
Network Direct Attached Storage (ict/comp/hdd) |
| NDC |
National Destination Code (org/itu/isdn) |
| NDI |
Network Distributed ISDN (org/itu/isdn) |
| NDP |
Neighbor Discovery Protocol (org/ietf) |
| NDS |
Novell Directory Service (com/us/novell) |
| NE |
Network Element (org/itu/m3000) |
| NEC |
Nippon Electronic Corporation (com/jp) |
| NEF |
Network Element Function (org/itu/m3000) |
| NEM |
Nothing Else Matters (jargon) |
| NET |
Network (ict/net) |
| NETBIOS |
NETwork BIOS (com/us/ibm) |
| NETBIOS |
NETwork Basic Input Output System (org/ietf) |
| NETBLT |
NETwork BLock Transfer (org/ietf) |
| NEXT |
Near-end Crosstalk (ict/net) |
| NF |
Network Function (org/etsi/nfv) |
| NF3 |
North American Friends of 3GPP (org/3gpp) |
| NFAS |
Non Facilities-Associated Signaling (org/itu/isdn) |
| NFC |
Forum Near Field Communication Forum (org) |
| NFS |
Network File System (ict/os) |
| NFV |
Network Functions Virtualization (org/etsi) |
| NFVI |
NFV Infrastructure (org/etsi/nfv) |
| NFVO |
NFV Orchestrator (org/etsi/nfv) |
| NGCO |
Next Generation Central Office (ict/net) |
| NGCOR |
Next Generation Converged Operations Requirements (org/ngmn) |
| NGMN |
Next Generation Mobile Network alliance (org) |
| NGNM |
Next Generation Mobile Network (ict/net) |
| NGOSS |
New Generation Operations Systems and Software (org/tm-forum) |
| NHRP |
Next Hop Resolution Protocol (org/itu/atm) |
| NIC |
Network Interface Card (ict/net) |
| NICTA |
National ICT Australia (org) |
| NIH |
Not invented here (jargon) |
| NISDN |
Narrowband Integrated-Services Digital Network (org/itu/isdn) |
| NIST |
National Institute of Standards and Technology (org) |
| NIU |
North american ISDN Users (org/itu/isdn) |
| NL |
Number Lines (ict/os/unix/commands) |
| NLP |
Normal Link Pulse (org/ieee/ethernet) |
| NLPID |
Network Layer Protocol IDentifier (org/itu/atm) |
| NM-DMS |
Network Management DMS (org/psoc/rina/dms) |
| NM-LAB |
Network Management LAB (com/se/ericsson) |
| NML |
Network Management Layer (org/itu/m3000) |
| NMS |
Network Management System (ict/net/mgmt) |
| NNI |
Network Node Interface (org/itu/atm) |
| NNTP |
Network News Transfer Protocol (org/ietf) |
| NNTR |
No Need To Reply (jargon) |
| NO |
Network Operator (ict/net/role) |
| NOC |
Network Operation Center (ict/net) |
| NOTA |
None Of The Above (jargon) |
| Nov |
November (time/moy) |
| NP |
Network Provider (ict/net/role) |
| NP |
No Problem (jargon) |
| NPG |
Next Generation Protocols (org/etsi/isg) |
| NREN |
National Research and Education Network (ict/net) |
| NRIC |
Network Reliability and Interoperability Council (org) |
| NRIM |
Network Resource Information Model (org/tina-c) |
| NRN |
No Reply Necessary (jargon) |
| NRTC |
National Rural Telecommunication Cooperative (org) |
| NRTVBR |
Non-RealTime Variable Bit Rate (ict/net) |
| NRZ |
Non-Return to Zero (ict/net) |
| NRZI |
Non-Return to Zero Inverted (ict/net) |
| NS |
Name Server (ict/os/unix) |
| NSAP |
Network Service Access Point (org/itu/x200) |
| NSAPA |
Network Service Access Point Address (org/itu/x200) |
| NSC |
National SemiConductor (com/us) |
| NSD |
Network Shared Disk (ict/comp/hdd) |
| NSD |
Name Service Descriptor (org/etsi/nfv) |
| NSF |
National Science Foundation (org) |
| NSFW |
Not Safe For Work (jargon) |
| NSIS |
Next Steps In Signaling (org/ietf) |
| NSM-DMS |
Network System Management DMS (org/psoc/rina/dms) |
| NSP |
Native Signal Processing (ict/comp/cpu) |
| NSSA |
Not So Stubby Area (org/ietf) |
| NT |
Network Terminator (org/itu/isdn) |
| NT1 |
Network Termination 1 (org/itu/isdn) |
| NTBA |
Network Termination for Basic Access (org/itu/isdn) |
| NTK |
Need-To-Know (jargon) |
| NTP |
Network Time Protocol (org/ietf) |
| NTSC |
Never The Same Color (jargon) |
| NUIG |
National University Ireland Galway (edu/ie) |
| NUIM |
National University of Ireland, Maynooth (edu/ie) |
| NUL |
Null character (org/ansi/ascii) |
| NVL |
Name-Value List (ict/concept) |
| NWO |
NetWork Operator (org/etsi) |