Electronic Definitions (N)

[N] Presenting a list of electronic terms starting with letter n that are available for more detailed lookup for their definitions or abbreviation explanation. All terms are listed in alphabetical order for easy browsing.

Electronic Acronyms and Terms for [N]	Description	Other Electronic Terms Somewhat Related;
N ISDN	"Narrowband ISDN" - The first ISDN services that were developed are now called Narrowband ISDN because they have a lesser data transmission rate than the newer Broadband ISDN
N-Type Semiconductor	- A semiconductor where there are more free electrons than holes
NAB	"National Association of Broadcasters"
NACCB	"National Accreditation Council for Certification Bodies"
NAK	"Negative Acknowledgement"
NAMAS	"NAtional Measuremenl Accreditation Service"
NAT	"Network Address Translation"	nato
NATO	"North Atlantic Treaty Organisation"
NBFM	"Narrow Band Frequency Modulation"
NBS	"National Bureau of Standards"
Necking Down	- Reducing the conductor trace width from a wide to narrow cross section
Negative Feedback	- Feeding a signal back to the input of an amplifier that is proportional to the output signal. The returning signal has a phase that opposes the input signal.
NET	- Common electrical connection between two or more device contacts or leads	network, networks
Network	- A network is a group of computers linked together with cable. The most common form is a LAN (Local Area Network) where electronic mail and other files can be exchanged between	networks
Networks	- Two or more devices interconnected in a single component package	3gpp, axis, computer security, ioca, mi6
Neutral Wire	- The conductor of a poly-phase circuit or a single-phase three wire circuit that is intended to have a ground potential. The potential difference between the neutral and each of the other conductors are approximately equal in magnitude and equally spaced in phase
NFS	"Network Filing System"
NICAD	"NIckel CADmium" - A type of rechargeable battery
NICAM	"Near Instantaneous Compounded Audio Multiplex"
Nickel Barrier	- Plated nickel alloy on the end cap contacts of passive devices to prevent the migration of silver palladium termination material
NICQA	"National Inspection Council Quality Assurance"
Night Service	- PABX feature. One of two modes of operation usually equating to attended service to allow one set of PABX programming options to be used.	day service
Niir	- Russian Scientific Research Institute of Radio Communications
Ninhydrin	- Is most commonly used to detect fingerprints, as the terminal amines of lysine residues in peptides and proteins sloughed off in fingerprints react with ninhydrin
NIO	"National Intelligence Officer"
NOAA	"National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration"
Node	- Common point of contact for testing a circuit assembly	ac ground, binary tree, coupling capacitor, floating load, virtual ground
Noise Figure	- Measure of the noise contribution in an LNB. The lower the figure the less noise contribution.
Noise Temperature	- Noise measurement of a system as the absolute temperature of a relative source delivering noise power.	gt
Non-Inverting Input	- The input to a diff amp or an op amp that produces an in-phase output
Nonlinear Device	- A device that has a graph of current versus voltage that is not a straight line. A device that cannot be treated as an ordinary resistor.
Normalise	- Is to represent a number in an agreed floating point notation in order to avoid the problem of multiple representations. The form chosen is usually that which provides maximum precision.
Normalized Variable	- A variable that has been divided by another variable with the same units or dimensions
Notch Filter	- A filter that blocks a signal with at most one frequency
NRZ	"Non Return to Zero"	nrzi
Nrzi	"Non Return to Zero Inverted"
NSPG	"National Security Planning Group"
NT	"Network Terminator"	nte, ntp, ntsc, ntt, docomo ntta, nttp, ntu
NTE	"Network Terminating Equipment"
NTP	"Network Termination Point"
NTSC	"National Television Standards Committee"
DoCoMo	- Japanese company, similar to BT in the UK, implementing a 3G system in Japan
NTTA	"Network Termination and Test Apparatus"	nttp
NTU	"Network Terminating Unit"
NUI	"Network User Identification"
NV	"Non Volatile"