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Wireless Networking Glossary

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NACK	Negative ACK
Named Pipes	In computing, a named pipe (also FIFO for its behaviour) is an extension to the classical pipe concept on Unix and Unix-like systems, and is one of the methods of interprocess communication.
NAP	Network access point. One of several major Internet interconnection points that serve to tie all Internet access providers together.
Narrowband	Telecommunication that carries voice information in narrow band of frequencies. More specifically, the term has been used to describe a specific frequency range per FCC for mobile or radio services, incl. paging, from 50 cps to 64 Kbps.
NCS	National Communication System. Responsible for US Government communications, including WPS and GETS
NEC	National Electrical Code
NetBEUI	NetBEUI (pronounced net-booey) is an acronym for NetBIOS Extended User Interface. It is an enhanced version of the NetBIOS protocol used by network operating systems such as LAN Manager, LAN Server, Windows for Workgroups, Windows 95 and Windows NT
NetBIOS	Network Basic Input/Output System. Program that allows applications on different computers to communicate within a LAN. Created by IBM for its early PC Network, adopted by Microsoft, is now de facto industry standard.
NFS	Network File System (NFS) is a protocol originally developed by Sun Microsystems in 1984 and defined in RFCs 1094, 1813, (3010) and 3530, as a file system which allows a computer to access files over a network as easily as if they were on its local disks.
nibble	Four bits
NIIF	Network Interconnection Interoperability Forum
NIST	US National Insitute of Standards and Technology
NIU	Network Interface Unit. Device used as interface between various devices in network. Can be used to translate between different protocols and physical links. Network Interface Card (NIC) in a PC is a type of NIU.
NRZ	Non Return to Zero
NS	Authoritative Name Server for a Domain. Converts between a domain name and an IP address and related information
NSA	US National Security Agency. Keeps a tight grip on exports of US encryption technology
NTIA	U.S. Dept. of Commerce National Telecommunications and Information Administration
NTP	The Network Time Protocol (NTP) is a protocol for synchronising the clocks of computer systems over packet-switched, variable-latency data networks. NTP is a purely UDP/IP protocol, not TCP/IP. It is designed particularly to resist the effects of variable latency.

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