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N Port ID Virtualization (NPIV)

N-Tier Architecture

Name Resolution

Named User License

Named-Entity Recognition (NER)

Naming Convention

NAND Flash Memory

Nanofabrication

Nanolithography

NanoManipulator

Nanomaterial Supercapacitor

Nanosecond (ns)

Nanotechnology, Biotechnology, Information Technology, Cognitive Science (NBIC)

Narrow Artificial Intelligence (Narrow AI)

NAS Data Recovery

National Automated Clearing House Association (NACHA)

National Climatic Data Center (NCDC)

National Cyber Security Division (NCSD)

National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC)

National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC)

National Information Assurance Partnership (NIAP)

National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE)

National Institute Of Standards And Technology (NIST)

National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD)

National Science Foundation (NSF)

National Science Foundation Network (NSFNet)

National Security Agency (NSA)

National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC)

National Television System Committee (NTSC)

National Vulnerability Database (NVD)

Native Code Compiler for Java (NCCJ)

Native Command Queuing (NCQ)

Native Compiler

Native Distributed Analytics Architecture (NDAA)

Native File Format

Native Mobile App

Natural Language Generation (NLG)

Natural Language Processing (NLP)

Natural Language Toolkit (NLTK)

Natural Language Understanding (NLU)

NC

Near Field Communication (NFC)

Near Field Communication Tag (NFC Tag)

Near-Line Storage

Neats Vs Scruffies

NEBS Compliance

Neighbor Discovery Protocol (NDP)

Neighborhood Area Network (NAN)

Net-Liberated Organization

NetBIOS Extended User Interface (NetBEUI)

NetBIOS Session Service (NBSS)

Netscape Communications

Netscape Communicator

Netscape Navigator

Netware Core Protocol (NCP)

NetWare Link (NWLink)

Network Access Control (NAC)

Network Access Point (NAP)

Network Access Server (NAS)

Network Adapter

Network Address

Network Address Port Translation (NAPT)

Network Address Translation (NAT)

Network Addressable Unit (NAU)

Network Administration

Network Administrator

Network Analyst

Network Architect

Network Architecture

Network as a Service (NaaS)

Network Attached Storage (NAS)

Network Attached Storage Drive (NAS Drive)

Network Attached Storage Server (NAS Server)

Network Auditing

Network Auditing Software

Network Automation

Network Backup Software

Network Based Application Recognition (NBAR)

Network Basic Input Output System (NetBIOS)

Network Behavior Analysis (NBA)

Network Behavior Anomaly Detection (NBAD)

Network Block Device (NBD)

Network Bottleneck

Network Capacity Planning

Network Computer (NC)

Network Computing

Network Configuration

Network Configuration Management (NCM)

Network Connectivity

Network Control Protocol (NCP)

Network Convergence

Network Database

Network Degradation

Network Diagnostic Software

Network Diagram

Network Diagram Software

Network Disaster Recovery Plan

Network Discovery

Network Discovery Software

Network Driver Interface Specification (NDIS)

Network Encryption

Network Enumeration

Network Equipment-Building System (NEBS)

Network File System (NFS)

Network File Transfer (NFT)

Network Forensics

Network Functions Virtualization (NFV)

Network Identity (Network ID)

Network Information Service (NIS)

Network Infrastructure

Network Intelligence (NI)

Network Interface Card (NIC)

Network Interface Device

Network Inventory Management

Network Latency

Network Load Balancing (NLB)

Network Management

Network Management Protocol (NMP)

Network Management System (NMS)

Network Mapping

Network Mapping Software

Network Meltdown

Network Monitoring

Network Monitoring Software

Network Node Manager (NNM)

Network on a Chip (NoC)

Network Operating System (NOS)

Network Operations Center (NOC)

Network Optimization

Network Outsourcing

Network PC (Net PC)

Network Performance

Network Performance Management

Network Performance Monitoring

Network Performance Test

Network Processor (NPU)

Network Protocols

Network Recovery

Network Redundancy

Network Scanning

Network Science

Network Security

Network Security Administrator

Network Security Architectrue

Network Security Key

Network Security Policy

Network Security Protocols

Network Security Scanner

Network Security Software

Network Segment

Network Segmentation

Network Service Provider (NSP)

Network Sharing

Network Slicing

Network Software

Network Support Engineer

Network Surveillance

Network Termination Unit (NTU)

Network Time Protocol (NTP)

Network Topology

Network Tracking Tool

Network Traffic

Network Traffic Analysis

Network Traffic Monitoring

Network Transparency

Network Troubleshooting

Network Usage Monitor

Network Video Recorder (NVR)

Network Virtualization

Network Vulnerability Assessment

Network-based Intrusion Detection System (NIDS)

Network-based Intrusion Prevention System (NIPS)

Network-to-Network Interface (NNI)

Networked Data Center (NDC)

Neural Turing Machine (NTM)

Neuro Symbolic Artificial Intelligence

NeuroEvolution of Augmenting Topologies (NEAT)

Neuroinformatics

Neuromorphic Computing

Neurotechnology

New Enterprise Operating Model (NeoM)

New Product Development (NPD)

New Technology File System (NTFS)

Next Generation Internet (NGI)

Next Generation Nationwide Broadband Network (NGNBN)

Next Generation Network (NGN)

Next Issue Avoidance (NIA)

Next-Generation Firewalls

Next-Generation Telematics Protocol (NGTP)

NF

NI

Nickel-Cadmium Battery (NiCd or NiCad)

Nickel-Metal Hydride Battery (NiMH)

Nimrod Routing Architecture

Ninety-Ninety Rule

NIST 800 Series

NIST Cloud Computing Program

No Operation (NOP)

No-Email Initiatives

Node Port (N_Port)

Noise Figure (NF)

Nomadic Computing

Nomadic Wireless

Non Return to Zero Inverted (NRZI)

Non-Breaking Space (NBSP)

Non-Broadcast Multiple Access (NBMA)

Non-Delivery Report (NDR)

Non-Deterministic Algorithm

Non-Deterministic Polynomial Time (NP)

Non-Deterministic Turing Machine (NTM)

Non-Fungible Token (NFT)

Non-Impact Printer (NIP)

Non-Line Of Sight (NLOS)

Non-Linear Editing (NLE)

Non-Maskable Interrupt (NMI)

Non-Persistent Desktop

Non-Photorealistic Rendering (NPR)

Non-Player Character (NPC)

Non-Preemptive Multitasking

Non-Printable Characters

Non-Relational Database

Non-Uniform Memory Access (NUMA)

Non-Uniform Rational Basis Spline (NURBS)

Non-Virtual Hosting

Non-Volatile Memory (NVM)

Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe)

Non-Volatile Random Access Memory (NVRAM)

Non-Volatile Register

Non-Volatile Storage (NVS)

Nonproprietary Software

Northbound Interface (NBI)

Not a Number (NaN)

Not Invented Here Syndrome (NIHS)

Not Ready For Prime Time

Not Safe for Work (NSFW)

Not-Null Constraint

Novelty Detection

NP

ns

Null-Coalescing Operator

Null-Modem Cable

Numa Numa Dance

Number Lock (Num Lock)

Number of Tiers (N-tier)

Nyquist Frequency