Terms and Abbreviations: N

N

NAB

National Association of Broadcasters

NAS

network attached storage

NAT

Network Address Translation

NC

noise criteria

NCTA

National Cable & Telecommunications Association
formerly National Cable Television Association

NEXT

near-end crosstalk

NGN

next-generation network

NIC

network interface card

NIST

National Institute of Standards and Technology

NLE

nonlinear editor

NOC

network operations center

NPRM

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

NRCS

newsroom computer systems

NRT

non-real-time

NRZ

non-return-to-zero

NRZI

non-return-to-zero-inverted

NSV

Nullsoft Streaming Video

NTIA

National Telecommunications and Information Administration

NTSC

1) National Television System Committee
2) an analog television system standard