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IT Abbreviations & Acronyms: Comprehensive Glossary

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There are currently 99 acronyms in this directory beginning with the letter N.
N
NaaS
Network-As-A-Service
NAC
Network Access Control
NACHA
National Automated Clearing House Association
NAHIT
National Alliance For Health Information Technology
NAK
Negative Acknowledgment or Not Acknowledged
NAP
Network Access Point
NAS
Network Access Server or Network-Attached Storage
NASDAQ
National Association Of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations
NAT
Network Address Translation
NBA
Network Behavior Analysis
NBAD
Network Behavior Anomaly Detection
NBAR
Network Based Application Recognition
NBMA
Non-Broadcast Multiple Access
NC
Network Computer
NCA
Native Cloud Application
NCFA
National Call Fee Access
NCM
Network Configuration Management
NCMS
National Center For Manufacturing Sciences
NCSC
National Computer Security Center
NCVHS
National Committee On Vital and Health Statistics
NDA
Non-Disclosure Agreement
NDIS
Network Driver Interface Specification
NDMP
Network Data Management Protocol
NDS
Novell Directory Services
Near CDP
Near-Continuous Data Protection
NECP
National Emergency Communications Plan
NED
Nano-Emissive Display
NEDSS
National Electronic Disease Surveillance System
NEOSSat
Near Earth Object Surveillance Satellite
NERC
North American Electric Reliability Corporation
NERC CIP
Critical Infrastructure Protection
Nested VM
Nested Virtual Machine
Net-SNMP
Net Simple Network Management Protocol
NetBEUI
Netbios Extended User Interface
NetBIOS
Network Basic Input/Output System
NetPC
Network Pc
NeXT
Near-End Crosstalk
Nexus 1000V
Cisco Nexus 1000V
NFC
Near Field Communication
NFR
Not For Resale
NFS
Network File System
NFTS
National File Tracking System
NFV
Network Functions Virtualization
NGFW
Next-Generation Firewall
NGO
Non-Governmental organization
NGSCB
Next Generation Secure Computing Base
NHII
National Health Information Infrastructure
NHIN
Nationwide Health Information Network
NHRP
Next Hop Resolution Protocol
NI
Network Intelligence
Ni-Cd or NiCd
Nickel-Cadmium Battery
Ni-MH or NiMH
Nickel-Metal Hydride Battery
Ni2
Net Indexer 2
NIAP
National Information Assurance Partnership
NIC
Network Interface Card
NIC handle
Network Information Center Handle
Nicira NVP
Nicira Network Virtualization Platform
NIS
Network Information System
NIST
National Institute Of Standards and Technology
NJE
Network Job Entry
NLM
National Library Of Medicine
NLP
Natural Language Processing
NMTA
National Machining and Tooling Association
NNI
National Nanotechnology Initiative
NNM
Network Node Manager
NNTP
Network News Transfer Protocol
No Op
No Operation
NOC
Network Operations Center
NOS
Network Operating System
NoSQL
Not Only Sql
NPD
Product Development or New Product Development
NPE
Non-Practicing Entity
NPI
National Provider Identifier or New Product Introduction
NPIV
N_Port Id Virtualization
NPV
Net Present Value
NQF
National Quality Forum
NRLA
National Labor Relations Board
NRZ
Non-Return-To-Zero
NSA
National Security Agency
NSAP
Network Service Access Point
NSAPI
Netscape Server Application Programming Interface
NSIS
Next Steps In Signaling
NSP
Network Service Provider
NT1
Network Terminator 1
NTBackup
Microsoft Windows Nt Backup
NTFS
NT File System or New Technology File System
NTP
Network Time Protocol
NTR
Normal Trade Relations
NTS
Number Translation Service
NTSC
National Television Standards Committee
NTU
Nuclear Time Unit
NUI
Natural User Interface
NUMA
Non-Uniform Memory Access
NURBS
Nonuniform Rational B-Spline
NUS
Network Unified Storage
NVGRE
Network Virtualization Using Generic Routing Encapsulation
NVMe
Non-Volatile Memory Express
NVS
Nonvolatile Storage
NWR
Noaa Weather Radio

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Acronyms can be pronounced as words, like NASA and UNESCO; as individual letters, like FBI, TNT, and ATM; or as both letters and words, like JPEG (pronounced JAY-peg).

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