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- nag screen
- screen that reminds you to pay up each
time you run a shareware program
- nanosecond (ns)
- 1 billionth of a second. Used to measure
memory speed
- natural language (input)
- a voice input system which recognizes
normal human speech
- natural language (programming)
- 5th Generation Languages. We don't really
have any programming languages yet that use natural language. In
such a language you would write statements that look like normal
sentences.
- near letter quality (NLQ)
- print quality nearly as good as best
typewriter output
- nesting
- putting directories or folders inside
other directories or folders
- network
- a set of computers which are linked
together on a permanent basis
- newsgroup
- a discussion group on the Internet where
messages and responses are posted for all to read
- node
- each device connected to a network
- noise filter
- removes from a signal the interference
caused by the magnetic fields of nearby devices
- non-impact printer
- type of printer does not involve actually
striking the paper. Instead, it uses ink spray or toner powder.
- non-interlaced
- a scanning pattern for monitors that
scans left to right, drops down a row, and scans back left.
- non-volatile
- describes memory which retains data even
when the power goes off.
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