Letter N
N64              Nintendo 64 game console. Uses a NEC VR4300 CPU, SGI graphics
                 and game cartridges like the SNES before it.

NAS              Network Attached Storage. A computer which supplied large amounts
                 of disk storage for access by other computers or from clients.

NAT              Network Address Translation. Converts between public IP address
                 and private IP addresses for internal networks (Intranets).

.NET             Microsoft new name for Web based technology. The Framework can be
                 installed on PCs and programs can be developed with Visual Studio .NET.
                 
NetBIOS          Network Basic Input/Output System. See Netbeui.

NetBeui          Netbios Enhanced User Interface. A simple network protocol that 
                 provides fast local networking for small groups of PCs. First
                 appeared in Windows for Workgroups. Main disadvantage is that
                 is not routable like TCP/IP.

NetBSD           A Unix operating system by Berkley Software Distribution.
                 
Netscape         Web browser developed after Mosaic and in competition with IE. See Firefox.

Netware          A network operating system developed by Novell Inc.

Network          A group or computers or devices connected by a wired or wireless 
                 communication system using protocols such as TCP/IP.

Neural Network   An artificial neural network or connectionist system inspired by
                 biological neural networks in animals. 

NewsGroup        Special message area on News Servers for specific interests where
                 people can read messages on specific subjects and write their
                 own. Available on the Internet.
								 
NIC              Network Interface Card. An expansion to allow connection to a LAN.

NNTP             Network News Transport Protocol. Used for NewsGroups on internet.

Node.js		  Advanced event-driven runtime for Javascript.

Northbridge      High performance interface chip for the processor, AGP and memory
                 communications. See also Southbridge.

NoSQL            NoSQL database. A non-relational type of database E.g. Mongol.
                 
NT               New Technology. Microsoft`s amibition is to have a true 32/64 bit
                 operating system for all PCs. Examples, Windows NT, 2000 and XP etc.

NTFS             New Technology Filing System. Highly reliable and secure file
                 system for Windows NT/2000/XP/2003.

NTP              Network Time Protocol. Used to synchronise date/time on computers.
								 								 
NTSC             National Television Standards Committee. North American TV 
                 format 640x200.

Nvidea           Common supplier of graphics chipsets and cards Eg. Geforce, GTX.