Glossary of Computer Terms—N
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NACS: Stands for Netware
Asynchronous Communication Services.
NEGATIVE LOGIC: This term
refers to logic in which the negative voltage represents the “1” state and the
zero voltage represents the “0” state.
See POSITIVE LOGIC.
NESTING: Embedding
commands or data in levels of other data so that specific routines or
instructions can be executed or accessed continuously in loops, without
returning to the main program.
NETSCAPE
NAVIGATOR: Currently the dominant World Wide Web browser.
Information on the latest version of the browser can be found at
www.netscape.com.
NETWORK ADAPTER:
This is the hardware that allows the computers that are part of a
network to communicate with each other.
NETWORK: A system of
interconnected computers.
NEWBIE: Someone who is
new to the Internet. You cease to be a newbie almost AS SOON AS YOU LEARN TO
STOP TYPING IN ALL CAPS (which is considered shouting and in very poor taste).
NIBBLE: A sequence of
four adjacent bits, or a half-byte. A hexadecimal or BCD coded digit can be
represented by a nibble.
NODE: The endpoint of
a network branch or the junction of two or more branches.
NON-VOLATILE MEMORY: A memory where stored data remains undisturbed by the removal of electrical power.
NON-VOLATILE MEMORY: A memory where stored data remains undisturbed by the removal of electrical power.
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