NIC
Definition: Network interface card. An expansion card that allows a computer to connect to a network. Need another definition?
Newsgroup
Definition: A virtual forum focusing on a specific subject. The collected email entries (known as news articles) can be perused by all Internet users. Need another definition?
Network Security
Definition: The term refers to the measures taken to protect a set of computers from threats posed by hackers, thieves, viruses, and other destructive forces. See also computer security. Need another definition?
Network
Definition: A set of conjoined computers that can share storage devices, peripherals, and applications. Networks may be connected directly by cable, or indirectly by telephone lines or satellites, and can be part of a small-office system, or of a global web ...
Netiquette
Definition: Short for "Internet etiquette," netiquette refers to standards of courtesy in electronic communications. Need another definition?
NAR
Definition: Network area representative. Need another definition?
NAM
Definition: Network access module. A special jack into which a printer or computer is plugged to connect to a network. Need another definition?
Multimedia
Definition: The combination of audio, video, animation, text, and graphics. Need another definition?
MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-3, MPEG-4
Definition: Motion picture experts group. Refers to a multimedia graphics, movie, and sound format; higher numbers indicate standards that were developed later. MPEG-3 is mostly known as MP3. Need another definition?
MP3
Definition: MPEG-3. A digital audio format providing near-CD quality sound with relatively small file sizes. Need another definition?
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