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ABC of electronics terms

(To find chips for distinct functions, see the functional pages.)

N

Nanocomputer

www.nanocomputer.org/ - Information site by Darrell Parfitt

Nanotechnology

The use of chip making techniques to make very small mechanical objects

www.aip.org/physnews/graphics/html/nanotar.htm	smallest guitar in the world
www.research.ibm.com/topics/serious/nano/	at IBM

See also Microengineering.

NAPM

National Association of Purchasing Management

NARM

National Association of Relay Manufacturers

NEN

Nederlandse Eenheids-Norm (?)Dutch standard
See also ANSI, CCITT, CEN, DIN, IEEE, ISO

Nerd

www.shu.ac.uk/witec/ - Database of female european technical experts

Network

See:

ATM
CAN
ISDN
Telecom.
www.baynetworks.com/	Bay Networks

Neural Network

ftp.sas.com/pub/neural/FAQ.html

FAQ by Warren S. Sarle

NGI/O

Next-Generation I/O: Intel's successor to the PCI bus.

www.eet.com/story/OEG19981106S0008

NLX

NLX is a new motherboard form factor specification from Intel which defines mechanical and electrical interfaces.

Working with the NLX form factor motherboard

developer.intel.com/design/quality/nlx/
developer.intel.com/design/quality/
www.teleport.com/~nlx/ - NLX Motherboard Specification

See also: AT, ATX, Baby-AT, PC and PC/XT.

NMEA

National Marine Electronics Association's standards for data communication between marine instruments (as used between a GPS and Autopilot, for example).

See:

vancouver-webpages.com/pub/peter/idx_nmeadoc.html

NNI

Nederlands Normalisatie-InstituutDutch standards Institute

See also ANSI, CCITT, CEN, DIN, IEEE, ISO, NEN

Noise

• See Protection circuit.

NTE

www.americanmicrosemi.com/tutorials/ecg_nte_sk.htm