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Nanosecond

One billionth of a second, In this technological age a number if things are measured in nanoseconds.

Nesting

Including an HTML tag inside another HTML tag. Nesting tags is a common practice used to combine layout or design styles or techniques.

Net

Part of the Domain Name that indicates that the company is an organization that provides a network service - usually an Internet Service Provider e.g. www.enterprise.net

Netizen

A responsible citizen of the Internet.

Netlag

Condition that occurs on the Web when heavy traffic slows down server response time.

Netscape Navigator

Netscape Navigator /Mozilla/ (Often called just "Netscape") A World-Wide Web browser from Netscape Communications Corporation. It features integrated support for sending electronic mail and reading Usenet news, as well as RSA encryption to allow secure communications for commercial applications such as exchanging credit card numbers with net retailers. It provides native inline JPEG image display; display and interaction with documents as they load; multiple independent windows. Netscape was designed with 14.4 kbps modem links in mind. You can download Netscape Navigator for evaluation, or for unlimited use in academic or not-for-profit environments. You can also pay for it.

Nettiquette

Network Etiquette. The generally accepted rules of behaviour associated with sending E-mails and posting messages to newsgroups.

Network

A network is basically a series of wires & cables that connects a number of computers. Data is exchanged between computers via these cables. The maximum speed at which the data can be transmitted is called the bandwidth.

Network Interface Card

A card that plugs into your PC and has a cable attached that is connected to a network. The NIC controls the flow of information from/to the PC and to/from the network.

Network Operating System

An operating system that controls the activities within a network - providing services to all of the PC's using the network.

Newbie

A term used to describe somebody who is new to the Internet.

News Group

News groups are one of the many facilities available on the Internet. Like most of the Internet, News groups are run voluntarily & co-operatively by people like you & me. A News group is centered on a discussion topic an example being rec.sport.soccer. Within these News groups several discussions or Threads take place on themes within the discussion topic. A news group devoted to the great rock guitarists may have a thread on who is the best guitarist out of Clapton, Beck & Page for instance. If you are having a problem getting something specific to work in a spreadsheet there will definitely be a news group to which you can pose your problem & it won't take long to get many responses. Unfortunately news groups appear to be the vehicle for a majority of the more undesirable topics that pollute the Internet. If you see a particular News group of interest you can "subscribe" to it. Once this has been done you "post" your article & eventually it can be seen by anyone else who subscribes to the particular news group. The categories of News groups (represented by the first 3 or 4 characters of the name followed by a "". are): rec - recreational activities; biz - business related groups; comp - computers including technical discussion & support; soc - social issues; sci - scientific discussions; uk - groups of interest to us English, Scottish, Irish & Welsh; alt - Alternative groups.

NIC

Network Interface Card

Node

A node is any device such as a PC that is connected to a Network

Notebook

A notebook is a PC that is about the same size as a sheet of A4 paper & about 5cm thick. The term Notebooks has superseded the term laptop that generally referred to a portable PC. The original laptops were bulky & quite heavy.

NT

Short for Windows NT.