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<h3>N+1 redundancy; <em>replacement</em></h3>

<p>redundancy scheme in which a unit type consists of several active units and one spare unit, and an idle spare unit can replace any of the active units of the same unit type</p>
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<h3>N+X HLR redundancy; <em>N+X redundancy</em></h3>

<p>redundancy scheme for home location registers (HLR) in which the subscriber data is replicated from the active HLRs to a server in real time, and the subscribers are created in the redundant HLR on demand</p>
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<h3>N+X HLR redundancy server; <em>N+X server</em></h3>

<p>server into which the subscriber data is replicated from active home location registers (HLR), and from which the data is copied to a redundant HLR</p>
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<h3>N+X redundancy</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id021210#id021210" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See N+X HLR redundancy</a></p>
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<h3>N+X server</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id021211#id021211" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See N+X HLR redundancy server</a></p>
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<h3>n-ary digital signal</h3>

<p>digital signal in which each signal element has one of n permitted discrete values</p>
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<h3>N-CSI</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id012626#id012626" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network CAMEL service information</a></p>
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<h3>N-layer managed object</h3>

<p>managed object specific to the (N)-layer</p>
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<h3>N-PDU</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id011333#id011333" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network protocol data unit</a></p>
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<h3>n.u. tone</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id02238#id02238" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See special information tone</a></p>
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<h3>NA</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id015211#id015211" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See neighbour advertisement message</a></p>
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<h3>NA</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id016758#id016758" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See new album</a></p>
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<h3>NA</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id06278#id06278" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See numerical aperture</a></p>
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<h3>NAC</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id08923#id08923" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network access control</a></p>
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<h3>NACC</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id019376#id019376" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network-assisted cell change</a></p>
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<h3>NACK</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id02884#id02884" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See negative acknowledgement</a></p>
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<h3>NACS</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id016409#id016409" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network access server</a></p>
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<h3>NAI</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id014234#id014234" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network access identifier</a></p>
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<h3>NAI</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id04733#id04733" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See nature of address</a></p>
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<h3>name</h3>

<p>alphanumeric label which is used for identification of the end users</p>
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<h3>name binding</h3>

<p>relation between managed object classes for the purpose of naming</p>
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<h3>name server</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id010341#id010341" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See domain name server</a></p>
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<h3>name server; <em>NS</em></h3>

<p>in NMS, a server that resolves network names into network addresses, that is network element names into internal IDs</p>
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<h3>name service</h3>

<p>service which enables the separation of the logical and physical location of a service</p>
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<h3>name service</h3>

<p>mechanism for covering the data on a receiver of a message or the receiver's location from the sender of the message</p>
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<h3>name surfer</h3>

<p>distributed administration tool with a web-based graphical user interface for domain name system data</p>
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<h3>name table</h3>

<p>table in a name server with which the name of a service is transformed into an identifier of the service executor</p>
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<h3>name-defined parameter</h3>

<p>parameter which is identified by its name</p>
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<h3>naming service</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id020314#id020314" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See OMG naming service</a></p>
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<h3>naming tree; <em>containment tree</em>; <em>management information tree</em></h3>

<p>hierarchical arrangement of managed objects where the hierarchy is organised on the basis of the containment relationship. A managed object used to name another managed object is higher in the hierarchy than the named object. The naming managed object is referred to as being the superior of the named object, which is referred to as the subordinate</p>
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<h3>NANP</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id011067#id011067" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See North American numbering plan</a></p>
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<h3>NAP</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id018221#id018221" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See Nokia Profile Server</a></p>
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<h3>NAP</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id09462#id09462" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network access provider</a></p>
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<h3>NAP</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id04735#id04735" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network access point</a></p>
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<h3>NAPT</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id09999#id09999" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network address and port translation</a></p>
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<h3>narrowband</h3>

<p>characteristic of telecommunication that carries voice information in a narrow band of frequencies</p>
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<h3>narrowband sockets; <em>NBS</em></h3>

<p>protocol which provides device and port addressing in a narrowband environment, and enables devices to have multiple active applications, each identified by a port number</p>
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<h3>NAS</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id011445#id011445" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See non-access stratum</a></p>
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<h3>NAS</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id016409#id016409" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network access server</a></p>
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<h3>NaS</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id020314#id020314" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See OMG naming service</a></p>
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<h3>NAS node selection function; <em>NNSF</em></h3>

<p>function which enables the base station controller (BSC) or radio network controller (RNC) to initially assign a mobile services switching centre (MSC) to serve a mobile station (MS) and subsequently set up a signalling connection to the assigned MSC</p>
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<h3>NAS PDU</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id014844#id014844" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See non-access stratum protocol data unit</a></p>
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<h3>NAS signalling</h3>

<p>signalling which is used on the E interface for the transfer of messages between the anchor mobile services switching centre (MSC-A) and the mobile station</p>
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<h3>NAS signalling message</h3>

<p>signalling message which is used for the transfer of connection management and mobility management messages between the mobile station and the controlling mobile services switching centre</p>
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<h3>NAS synchronisation indicator</h3>

<p>information element (IE) that contains transparent non-access stratum (NAS) information that is transferred without interpretation in the radio network controller</p>
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<h3>NAT</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id015215#id015215" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network address translator</a></p>
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<h3>NAT</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id09463#id09463" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network address translation</a></p>
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<h3>NAT-PT</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id015208#id015208" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network address translation - protocol translation</a></p>
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<h3>national carrier access; <em>CA</em></h3>

<p>feature by which the use of a national carrier access code in a circuit group is activated or deactivated</p>
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<h3>national carrier access code; <em>CACN</em></h3>

<p>code for national calls which specifies different network operators</p>
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<h3>national destination code; <em>local area dialling code</em>; <em>NDC</em></h3>

<p>code field within the E.164 numbering plan, which combined with the subscriber number (SN) will constitute the national significant number of the international public telecommunication number</p>
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<h3>national dialable number</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id013154#id013154" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See national dialled number</a></p>
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<h3>national dialled number; <em>national dialable number</em>; <em>NDN</em></h3>

<p>number which consists of the trunk prefix and national significant number (consisting of trunk code and subscriber number)</p>
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<h3>national indicator</h3>

<p>information within a signalling message which permits typically a distinction to be made between national and international messages</p>
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<h3>national mobile number; <em>national significant mobile number</em>; <em>NSMN</em></h3>

<p>number which uniquely defines the mobile subscriber on national level</p>
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<h3>national mobile station identification number</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id04498#id04498" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See national mobile subscriber identity</a></p>
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<h3>national mobile subscriber identity; <em>NMSI</em></h3>

<p>mobile subscriber identification, consisting of the mobile network code (MNC) followed by the mobile subscriber identification number (MSIN), identifying the subscriber identity uniquely on a national level</p>
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<h3>national number</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id0341#id0341" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See national significant number</a></p>
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<h3>national prefix</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id06313#id06313" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See trunk prefix</a></p>
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<h3>national roaming</h3>

<p>roaming between different mobile operators in a single country</p>
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<h3>national signaling network /US/</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id04357#id04357" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See national signalling network</a></p>
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<h3>national signaling point /US/</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id04356#id04356" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See national signalling point</a></p>
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<h3>national signalling network; <em>national signaling network /US/</em></h3>

<p>network used for signalling, consisting of national signalling points and the connecting common channel signalling links, including the national signalling point of the gateway exchange connected to the international signalling network</p>
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<h3>national signalling point; <em>national signaling point /US/</em>; <em>NSP</em></h3>

<p>signalling point which belongs to the national signalling network</p>
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<h3>national significant mobile number</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id04497#id04497" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See national mobile number</a></p>
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<h3>national significant number; <em>national number</em>; <em>NSN</em></h3>

<p>number consisting of the trunk code followed by the subscriber number</p>
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<h3>national trunk prefix</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id06313#id06313" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See trunk prefix</a></p>
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<h3>national/international call indicator</h3>

<p>indicator sent in the forward direction to indicate in the destination national network whether the call has to be treated as an international call or as a national call</p>
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<h3>nationwide service number</h3>

<p>service number in nationwide use</p>
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<h3>native alarm</h3>

<p>original ASCII alarm, before it has been changed to Nokia format</p>
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<h3>native execution environment</h3>

<p>execution environment that relies on the operating system for services</p>
</div>


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<h3>native IPv6</h3>

<p>Internet protocol version 6 (IPv6) access point connection type where normal IPv6 routing is used</p>
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<h3>nature of address; <em>nature of address indicator</em>; <em>NoAI</em>; <em>NAI</em></h3>

<p>parameter used in ISUP signalling which describes the structure of the number used in the global title address information</p>
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<h3>nature of address indicator</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id04733#id04733" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See nature of address</a></p>
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<h3>Navi Bars</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id016321#id016321" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See Navi™ Bars</a></p>
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<h3>navigate</h3>

<p>to move through a database, following an explicit path from one data item to the next, until the required item is attained</p>
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<h3>navigation</h3>

<p>process of moving through a database, following an explicit path from one data item to the next, until the required item is attained</p>
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<h3>navigation</h3>

<p>movement in electronic material which has a certain goal and is based on the user's choices</p>
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<h3>navigation map</h3>

<p>road map explaining possibilities to explore a web site, for example showing a road to each possible separate web page</p>
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<h3>navigation tree</h3>

<p>tree that facilitates navigation</p>
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<h3>Navi™ Bars; <em>Navi™ Bars Navigator</em>; <em>Navi Bars</em></h3>

<p>navigation tool used in Nokia multimedia terminal user interfaces</p>
</div>


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<h3>Navi™ Bars Navigator</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id016321#id016321" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See Navi™ Bars</a></p>
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<h3>Nb</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id014851#id014851" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See Nb reference point</a></p>
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<h3>NB</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id04784#id04784" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See burst</a></p>
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<h3>Nb interface</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id014851#id014851" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See Nb reference point</a></p>
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<h3>Nb reference point; <em>Nb interface</em>; <em>Nb</em></h3>

<p>interface between two media gateways (MGW)</p>
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<h3>Nb UP</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id014852#id014852" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See Nb user plane protocol</a></p>
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<h3>Nb UP protocol</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id014852#id014852" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See Nb user plane protocol</a></p>
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<h3>Nb user plane protocol; <em>Nb UP protocol</em>; <em>Nb UP</em></h3>

<p>protocol used in the Nb interface to transfer the user plane data</p>
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<h3>Nb'</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id020521#id020521" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See Nb' interface</a></p>
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<h3>Nb' interface; <em>Nb'</em></h3>

<p>interface between the multimedia gateway (MGW) and the mobile services switching centre (MSC)</p>
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<h3>NBAP layer</h3>

<p>layer consisting of all common and dedicated node B application part (NBAP) signalling entities of the radio network controller (RNC) or the base transceiver station (BTS), and the related application for NBAP signalling entity management</p>
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<h3>Nbr</h3>

<p>maximum number of simultaneous circuit-switched (CS) bearers</p>
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<h3>Nbr_SB</h3>

<p>maximum number of simultaneous circuit-switched (CS) bearers allowed, defined by the service provider in the multicall subscription</p>
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<h3>Nbr_SN</h3>

<p>maximum number of simultaneous circuit-switched (CS) bearers supported by the serving network (SN)</p>
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<h3>Nbr_UE</h3>

<p>maximum number of simultaneous circuit-switched (CS) bearers supported by the user equipment (UE)</p>
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<h3>Nbr_User</h3>

<p>maximum number of simultaneous circuit-switched (CS) bearers allowed, as defined by the user within the limits given by Nbr_SB</p>
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<h3>NBS</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id016759#id016759" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See narrowband sockets</a></p>
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<h3>NC</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id011194#id011194" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network code</a></p>
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<h3>Nc</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id015209#id015209" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See Nc interface</a></p>
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<h3>Nc interface; <em>Nc</em></h3>

<p>interface between two MSC servers</p>
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<h3>NCAM</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id020039#id020039" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See Nokia Common Alarm MIB</a></p>
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<h3>NCAS</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id015978#id015978" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See non-call-associated signalling</a></p>
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<h3>NCAS pull</h3>

<p>action during which the position estimate is pulled from the gateway mobile location center (GMLC) by the public safety answering point (PSAP)</p>
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<h3>NCAS push</h3>

<p>action during which the position estimate is pushed to the public safety answering point (PSAP) by the gateway mobile location centre (GMLC)</p>
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<h3>NCC</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id020043#id020043" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See Nokia Charging Center</a></p>
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<h3>NCCR</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id016174#id016174" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network-controlled cell re-selection</a></p>
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<h3>NCCRS</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id016174#id016174" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network-controlled cell re-selection</a></p>
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<h3>NCP</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id014236#id014236" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network control protocol</a></p>
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<h3>Ncs MO</h3>

<p>maximum number of simultaneous mobile-originating (MO) circuit switched (CS) calls</p>
</div>


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<h3>Ncs MT</h3>

<p>maximum number of simultaneous mobile-terminating (MT) circuit switched (CS) calls</p>
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<h3>ND</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id014054#id014054" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See neighbour discovery protocol</a></p>
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<h3>ND-CC</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id05709#id05709" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See non-dedicated control channel</a></p>
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<h3>NDC</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id05341#id05341" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See national destination code</a></p>
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<h3>NDCC</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id05709#id05709" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See non-dedicated control channel</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>NDF</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id08052#id08052" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See new data flag</a></p>
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<h3>NDIS</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id014404#id014404" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network driver interface specification</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>NDN</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id013154#id013154" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See national dialled number</a></p>
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<h3>NDO</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id018334#id018334" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network development and optimisation</a></p>
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<h3>NDP</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id014054#id014054" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See neighbour discovery protocol</a></p>
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<h3>NDS</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id015905#id015905" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network domain security</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>NDUB</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id04262#id04262" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network determined user busy</a></p>
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<h3>NDW</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id012149#id012149" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network data warehouse</a></p>
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<h3>NE</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id04523#id04523" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network element</a></p>
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<h3>NE account; <em>user account for NMS</em></h3>

<p>user name and password of a network element (NE)</p>
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<h3>NE backup server</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id012150#id012150" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network element backup server</a></p>
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<h3>NE BS</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id012150#id012150" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network element backup server</a></p>
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<h3>NE fault localisation; <em>NE fault localization /US/</em></h3>

<p>part of fault management which provides additional failure localisation routines. The routines can employ internal or external test systems and can be controlled by a telecommunications management network (TMN)</p>
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<h3>NE fault localization /US/</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id05319#id05319" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See NE fault localisation</a></p>
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<div class="topic">
<h3>NE ID</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id015542#id015542" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network element identification number</a></p>
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<div class="topic">
<h3>NE security</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id015453#id015453" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network element security</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>NE status and control</h3>

<p>part of configuration management which provides the capability to monitor and control certain aspects of the network element (NE) on demand</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>NE type</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id015543#id015543" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network element type</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>NE3S; <em>Nokia enhanced SNMP solution suite</em></h3>

<p>Nokia-proprietary interface for fault, configuration, performance, and security management that supports the SNMP/XML, SOAP/HTTP, and FTP/XML transport protocols</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>NEAR</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id04196#id04196" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See near pointer</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>near end</h3>

<p>side of an echo canceller which contains the echo path on which the echo canceller is intended to operate</p>
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<div class="topic">
<h3>near far situation</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id010131#id010131" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See near-far effect</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>near pointer; <em>NEAR</em></h3>

<p>qualifier which defines the pointer of a processor as a near pointer if the processor contains pointers of varying lengths</p>
</div>


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<h3>near-end loop</h3>

<p>loop at the local end of a link that is used for testing and diagnosis</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>near-far effect; <em>near-far problem</em>; <em>near far situation</em></h3>

<p>situation where a mobile station close to the base station is received at higher power than a mobile station further away thus blocking the reception of the other mobile station's transmission</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>near-far problem</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id010131#id010131" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See near-far effect</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>NearCreditExpiry state</h3>

<p>state that the prepaid subscriber enters a certain number of days before the credit expiry</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>nearest restartable parent</h3>

<p>in the context of Nokia Messaging Gateway, the parent component which has the start option enabled</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>NearSubscriptionExpiry state</h3>

<p>state that the prepaid subscriber enters a certain number of days before the subscription expiry</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>NEBS</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id014056#id014056" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See Network Equipment Building Standards</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>NEBS</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id012150#id012150" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network element backup server</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>NEBS level 3</h3>

<p>functional level of NEBS compliance, which is the highest of three levels of safety and operability</p>
</div>


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<h3>NEC Kanji</h3>

<p>Japanese character set standard and encoding developed by Nippon Electronics Corporation (NEC)</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>NEDMED</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id015210#id015210" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network element data mediator</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>NEF</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id05273#id05273" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network element function</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>negative acknowledgement; <em>NACK</em></h3>

<p>explicit request for retransmission of signal units received in a corrupt form</p>
</div>


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<h3>negative justification</h3>

<p>method of justification in which the digit time-slots used to convey a digital signal have a digit rate that is always lower than the digit rate of that original signal</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>negative pulse stuffing</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id0537#id0537" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See negative justification</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>negative validity period</h3>

<p>validity period which has already expired when the message arrives at the short message service centre (SMSC)</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>negotiated QoS; <em>negotiated quality of service</em></h3>

<p>quality of service which the network has negotiated in response to a quality of service request</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>negotiated quality of service</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id012836#id012836" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See negotiated QoS</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>NEHO</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id013667#id013667" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network evaluated handover</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>neighbor advertisement /US/</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id015211#id015211" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See neighbour advertisement message</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>neighbor advertisement message /US/</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id015211#id015211" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See neighbour advertisement message</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>neighbor cache /US/</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id017110#id017110" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See neighbour cache</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>neighbor discovery /US/</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id014054#id014054" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See neighbour discovery protocol</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>neighbor discovery protocol /US/</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id014054#id014054" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See neighbour discovery protocol</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>neighbor solicitation /US/</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id015212#id015212" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See neighbour solicitation message</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>neighbor solicitation message /US/</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id015212#id015212" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See neighbour solicitation message</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>neighbor unreachability detection /US/</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id015213#id015213" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See neighbour unreachability detection</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>neighbour advertisement</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id015211#id015211" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See neighbour advertisement message</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>neighbour advertisement message; <em>neighbour advertisement</em>; <em>neighbor advertisement message /US/</em>; <em>neighbor advertisement /US/</em>; <em>NA</em></h3>

<p>Internet control message protocol (ICMP) packet which is used as a response to a neighbour solicitation message, or which a node sends without solicitation to announce a link layer address change</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>neighbour cache; <em>neighbor cache /US/</em></h3>

<p>cache that is at the same level in the cache hierarchy as another cache, provided to distribute cache server load</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>neighbour cell BA list</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id09024#id09024" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See neighbour cell BCCH allocation list</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>neighbour cell BCCH allocation list; <em>neighbour cell BA list</em></h3>

<p>Broadcast control channel (BCCH) allocation (BA) sent in the system information message of type 5 on the slow associated control channel</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>neighbour discovery</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id014054#id014054" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See neighbour discovery protocol</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>neighbour discovery protocol; <em>neighbor discovery protocol /US/</em>; <em>neighbour discovery</em>; <em>neighbor discovery /US/</em>; <em>NDP</em>; <em>ND</em></h3>

<p>series of Internet control message protocol for IPv6 (ICMPv6) messages and processes that manage the interaction of nodes on the same link (neighbouring nodes)</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>neighbour node discovery; <em>NND</em></h3>

<p>ATM cross-connect (AXC) feature that provides ATM level topology information to the NetAct ATM manager for building an ATM network view</p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-11111" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>neighbour solicitation</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id015212#id015212" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See neighbour solicitation message</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>neighbour solicitation message; <em>neighbour solicitation</em>; <em>neighbor solicitation message /US/</em>; <em>neighbor solicitation /US/</em>; <em>NS</em></h3>

<p>Internet control message protocol (ICMP) packet that a node sends to determine the link layer address of a neighbour, or to verify that a neighbour is still reachable via a cached link layer address, or to perform duplicate address detection (DAD)</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>neighbour unreachability detection; <em>neighbor unreachability detection /US/</em>; <em>NUD</em></h3>

<p>mechanism by which a node determines that a neighbour is no longer reachable</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>neighbouring base station</h3>

<p>base station the area of which is limited to the area of the base station concerned</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>NELAS</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id012147#id012147" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network element level alarm system</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>NEMU</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id021205#id021205" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See Network Element Management Unit</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>NEMU common plan manager</h3>

<p>COM component which handles the download and upload of XML-formatted plan files between the network management system (NMS), Network Element Management Unit (NEMU), and network elements, and forwards the plan operations received from NMS to plan handlers</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>NEMU configuration manager</h3>

<p>COM component which manages configuration of the Network Element Management Unit (NEMU) software at database according to XML-formatted configuration plans generated by the network management system (NMS)</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>NEMU configuration mediator</h3>

<p>COM component which offers an interface for the Network Element Management Unit (NEMU) software for obtaining configuration data from database</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>NEMU conversion component; <em>conversion component</em></h3>

<p>COM component which converts XML-formatted events coming from the NEMU event handler to NWI3 format and returns them to the event handler</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>NEMU generic request handling; <em>NemuGRH</em></h3>

<p>feature for forwarding requests from ComBroker to network element processes</p>
</div>


<a name="id014741" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>NEMU interface; <em>Network Element Management Unit interface</em></h3>

<p>interface which is supported by the Network Element Management Unit (NEMU) and which is independent of the type of network element</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>NEMU memory FTP; <em>MemoryFTP</em></h3>

<p>COM component that offers memory file downloading, uploading, distribution, and dumping services between a network element and the Network Element Management Unit (NEMU)</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>NEMU platform</h3>

<p>platform for the Network Element Management Unit (NEMU), which is based on the Windows software platform and PC hardware</p>
</div>


<a name="id021229" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>NEMU server</h3>

<p>server that contains an installed Network Element Management Unit (NEMU)</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>NEMU service</h3>

<p>service which Network Element Management Unit (NEMU) offers to clients</p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-11127" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>NemuGRH</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id015491#id015491" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See NEMU generic request handling</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>nest</h3>

<p>embed a subroutine in a program of another (larger) routine</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>NET</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id011826#id011826" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network entity title</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>net boot</h3>

<p>initial loading through message bus that is used when loading modules are not locally stored</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>net writing</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id012184#id012184" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See web authoring</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>NetAct™</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id021206#id021206" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See Nokia NetAct™</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>netbooting</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id013440#id013440" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network booting</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>NetBSD</h3>

<p>UNIX-like free and portable operating system, which can be used in various platforms</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>netcasting</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id019945#id019945" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See webcasting</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>netiquette</h3>

<p>principles of courtesy for communication based on the information network</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>netmask</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id09494#id09494" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See subnet mask</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>netstat</h3>

<p>Unix command to obtain statistics about the network including socket status, interfaces that have been auto-configured, memory statistics, and routing tables</p>
</div>


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<h3>network; <em>system /US/</em>; <em>NW</em></h3>

<p>interconnection of three or more communicating entities</p>
</div>


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<h3>network access control; <em>NAC</em></h3>

<p>GPRS function which performs authentication, checks who can attach to the network, selects which packets can be allowed in the network and calculates the cipherkeys</p>
</div>


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<h3>network access identifier; <em>NAI</em></h3>

<p>identifier that is used to extract the identity and realm of a user</p>
</div>


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<h3>network access part</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id09123#id09123" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network interface part</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>network access point; <em>NAP</em></h3>

<p>access point that provides network access</p>
</div>


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<h3>network access provider; <em>NAP</em></h3>

<p>network operator that uses existing telephone lines to provide network access to its customers</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network access security</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id017048#id017048" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See access security</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>network access server; <em>NAS</em>; <em>NACS</em></h3>

<p>network element that provides access from a mobile telephone network to an IP-based network</p>
</div>


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<h3>network address</h3>

<p>abstract address identifying the network service user</p>
</div>


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<h3>network address and port translation; <em>NAPT</em></h3>

<p>second layer of network address translator that maps also transport control protocol (TCP) and user datagram protocol (UDP) ports to new values</p>
</div>


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<h3>network address translation; <em>NAT</em></h3>

<p>process of converting between private IP addresses and public IP addresses</p>
</div>


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<h3>network address translation - protocol translation; <em>NAT-PT</em></h3>

<p>tunneling protocol to translate IPv6 packets to IPv4 packets and vice versa</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network address translator; <em>NAT</em></h3>

<p>router function that provides the network address translation between private and public IPv4 addresses</p>
</div>


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<h3>network administrator</h3>

<p>user who has a wide range of privileges in the network and network management system, and who is responsible for the operation and maintenance of the entire network system</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network and service management; <em>NSM</em></h3>

<p>monitoring an active communications network in order to diagnose and correct problems, and gather statistics for administration and maintenance</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network appearance</h3>

<p>signalling parameter that identifies the signalling system No.7 (SS7) network context for the message, for the purpose of logically separating the signalling traffic between the signalling gateway and the application server processes over common SCTP associations</p>
</div>


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<h3>network architecture</h3>

<p>underlying architecture of a computer network and the specifications of its functions, services and protocols</p>
</div>


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<h3>network assessment</h3>

<p>part of network planning that is used to analyse the customer's current network infrastructure and operational profile, and to interpret the customer's business strategy and future forecasts</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network attendant</h3>

<p>user who monitors and runs diagnostics tests in the network</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network authentication code; <em>MAC-A</em></h3>

<p>message authentication code (MAC) used to authenticate the network to the user</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network authorities</h3>

<p>rights that define the operating areas that the network user is allowed to use</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network booting; <em>bootstrapping</em>; <em>netbooting</em></h3>

<p>process in which a bootable archive is loaded into the memory of a diskless host (BOOTP client) and executed</p>
</div>


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<h3>network byte order</h3>

<p>Internet standard ordering of the bytes that belong to larger-than-byte data blocks corresponding to numeric values</p>
</div>


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<h3>network CAMEL service information; <em>network CAMEL subscription information</em>; <em>N-CSI</em></h3>

<p>CAMEL subscription information which identifies the CAMEL services that the serving network offers for all subscribers</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network CAMEL subscription information</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id012626#id012626" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network CAMEL service information</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network cell</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id04049#id04049" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See cell</a></p>
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<h3>network client</h3>

<p>program or set of programs that can understand the language and protocols of the network</p>
</div>


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<h3>network code; <em>NC</em></h3>

<p>national destination code (NDC) used for the called national network</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network code</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id0824#id0824" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See trunk code</a></p>
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<div class="topic">
<h3>network communications protocol</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id013934#id013934" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network protocol</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>network configuration data</h3>

<p>data that describes the existing or planned network configuration</p>
</div>


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<h3>network configuration documentation; <em>network documentation</em></h3>

<p>documentation which is stored in the network management system and describes network elements and the connections between them</p>
</div>


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<h3>network configuration file</h3>

<p>configuration file that contains network topology and network-element-related parameters that the network elements have to know</p>
</div>


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<h3>network connection</h3>

<p>connection for transferring information transparently across a subnetwork, delimited by connection points at the boundary of the subnetwork and representing the association between the connection points</p>
</div>


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<h3>network connection protection</h3>

<p>function which is used for replacing a defective network connection</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network control protocol; <em>NCP</em></h3>

<p>protocol which handles the initialisation task for specific network-layer protocol</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network coverage</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id03691#id03691" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See coverage area</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>network crime</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id010658#id010658" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See cybercrime</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network data warehouse; <em>NDW</em></h3>

<p>data warehouse which collects measurement data from the network and provides reporting tools</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network database</h3>

<p>database whose records constitute a network</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network defined user busy</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id04262#id04262" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network determined user busy</a></p>
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<h3>network determined user busy; <em>network defined user busy</em>; <em>NDUB</em></h3>

<p>situation where the network has determined that resources required to complete the call on the called user access interface are not currently available</p>
</div>


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<h3>network development and optimisation; <em>NDO</em></h3>

<p>process that provides a platform for fine-tuning and developing network resources while reducing operational costs</p>
</div>


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<h3>network device driver</h3>

<p>device driver which is a part of the board support package (BSP)</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network diagram</h3>

<p>output of detailed network planning that contains accurately defined network elements, relationships between the elements, used interfaces, and physical boundaries</p>
</div>


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<h3>network dimensioning; <em>dimensioning</em></h3>

<p>part of network planning that produces a master plan indicating the selected network architecture and the number of network nodes and communication links required during the roll-out of the network</p>
</div>


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<h3>network directed handover</h3>

<p>handover originating from network management requirements, for example traffic or precedence requests</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network doctor</h3>

<p>textual reporting tool for optimising and analysing the performance of the network</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network documentation</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id021014#id021014" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network configuration documentation</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>network domain</h3>

<p>domain consisting of a subset of network nodes and based on the hierarchical division of the addresses of an information network</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network domain security; <em>NDS</em></h3>

<p>security architecture that protects integrity and confidentiality of signalling data inside a core network or between core networks</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network driver interface specification; <em>NDIS</em></h3>

<p>specification by Microsoft for a generic, hardware- and protocol-independent device driver for network interface cards (NIC)</p>
</div>


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<h3>network editor</h3>

<p>drawing tool for creating and modifying a user-specific top-level user interface view hierarchy and views that describe the managed network</p>
</div>


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<h3>network element; <em>NE</em></h3>

<p>telecommunication system belonging to the telecommunications environment that can be managed, monitored, or controlled in a telecommunications network, that has one or more standard interfaces, and is identified by a unique management address</p>
</div>


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<h3>network element backup server; <em>NE backup server</em>; <em>NEBS</em>; <em>NE BS</em></h3>

<p>feature of the Network Element Management Unit (NEMU) that automates the safecopying of DX200 network subsystem (NSS) network elements and the transfer of the safecopies to a remote site</p>
</div>


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<h3>network element data mediator; <em>NEDMED</em></h3>

<p>function which provides an application programming interface (API) for the network element configuration management</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network element function; <em>NEF</em></h3>

<p>TMN function which communicates with a TMN for the purpose of being monitored and/or controlled</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network element ID</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id015542#id015542" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network element identification number</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>network element identification number; <em>network element ID</em>; <em>NE ID</em></h3>

<p>identification number which is unique for each network element</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network element level alarm system; <em>NELAS</em></h3>

<p>alarm system which is a centralised alarm handler in DX 200</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>Network Element Management Unit; <em>NEMU</em></h3>

<p>Nokia product that provides a complete set of applications for managing network element data, and open interfaces which allow the Nokia network management system NetAct to be smoothly integrated with network elements</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>Network Element Management Unit interface</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id014741#id014741" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See NEMU interface</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network element security; <em>NE security</em></h3>

<p>security measures used to prevent deliberate or accidental interference with the network element entries</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network element synchronisation and timing; <em>network element synchronization and timing /US/</em></h3>

<p>feature which supports external timing and line timing with the purpose of synchronising a network element to the surrounding network according to the synchronisation plan, and providing synchronised clock signals for all plug-in units in the network element</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network element synchronization and timing /US/</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id015217#id015217" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network element synchronisation and timing</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network element type; <em>NE type</em></h3>

<p>character string that describes the services that a network element provides</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network engineer</h3>

<p>tool for documenting and planning the hardware in the network</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network entity</h3>

<p>independent entity producing the network service</p>
</div>


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<h3>network entity title; <em>NET</em></h3>

<p>network address defined by the ISO network architecture and used in connectionless network service (CLNS) based networks</p>
</div>


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<h3>Network Equipment Building Standards; <em>network equipment building system</em>; <em>NEBS</em></h3>

<p>set of criteria that US telecom companies use to make sure that the network equipment they purchase will support uninterrupted service under extreme environmental conditions</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network equipment building system</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id014056#id014056" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See Network Equipment Building Standards</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>network evaluated handover; <em>NEHO</em></h3>

<p>type of handover triggered by an evaluation made in the network</p>
</div>


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<h3>network file</h3>

<p>file in which NMS/10 stores a network definition as a collection of maps and profiles</p>
</div>


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<h3>network file system; <em>NFS</em></h3>

<p>file system that allows directories and files to be shared across a network</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network hiding</h3>

<p>mechanism to protect the identities of the SIP proxies and the topology of the hiding network from other network operators</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network hierarchy</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id01696#id01696" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See exchange hierarchy</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>network identifier</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id011508#id011508" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See APN network identifier</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>network identity; <em>NI</em></h3>

<p>information identifying the network which administers the supplementary service</p>
</div>


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<h3>network identity and time zone; <em>NITZ</em></h3>

<p>feature that makes it possible for a serving PLMN to transfer its current identity, universal time and LTZ to MSs, and for the MS to store and use this information</p>
</div>


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<h3>network indicator; <em>NI</em></h3>

<p>part of the sub-service field within the service information octet that may be used to distinguish between national and international signalling messages</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network induced location request</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id013156#id013156" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network initiated location request</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>network information service; <em>NIS</em></h3>

<p>UNIX network service providing a distributed database system for the administration of network-wide databases</p>
</div>


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<h3>network initiated location request; <em>network induced location request</em>; <em>NI-LR</em></h3>

<p>location request for a target mobile station (MS) from a client that can be considered to lie inside any of the public land mobile network (PLMN) entities currently serving the target MS</p>
</div>


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<h3>network integrator</h3>

<p>user who is responsible for integrating new sites into the network management system (NMS), such as Nokia NetAct</p>
</div>


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<h3>network interface; <em>NWI</em></h3>

<p>concrete connection between a carrier network and a privately-owned installation, for example, a computer</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network interface 3</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id012168#id012168" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network interface for 3rd generation networks</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network interface controller; <em>NIC</em></h3>

<p>controller that provides an electro-mechanical attachment of a computer to a network</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network interface for 3rd generation networks; <em>network interface 3</em>; <em>NWI3</em></h3>

<p>CORBA-based Nokia proprietary management interface between network management system (NMS) and mediation devices or network elements</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network interface part; <em>network access part</em></h3>

<p>part of DX 200 switching system that adapts a switching equipment to the surrounding network</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network interworking</h3>

<p>interworking required between two different network (for example, between a PLMN and ISDN, a GSM PLMN and a non-GSM PLMN, between two GSM PLMNs) in order to provide an end to end connection</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network layer</h3>

<p>layer 3 within the OSI model including routing and switching functions</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network layer protocol data unit</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id011333#id011333" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network protocol data unit</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network layer reachability information; <em>NLRI</em></h3>

<p>routing information that is exchanged between routers about network reachability</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network layer service access point</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id04889#id04889" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network service access point</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network layer service access point identifier; <em>network service access point identifier</em>; <em>NSAPI</em></h3>

<p>service access point identifier by which the PDP context is identified in general packet radio service (GPRS) at SNDCP (subnetwork dependent convergence protocol) level</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network level protocol data unit</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id011333#id011333" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network protocol data unit</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network location area</h3>

<p>data in MSC about the addresses of the location areas controlled by other MSCs</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network maintenance</h3>

<p>supervision, monitoring, and maintenance performed during operation which enable to maintain the network operable</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network management; <em>NM</em></h3>

<p>activities for the control, monitoring and recording of the use and performance of the resources of a network, in order to provide services to users on a certain level of quality</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network management channel</h3>

<p>channel that provides the network management connection and is used to transfer management data to a network element or node</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network management connection</h3>

<p>connection for managing the node through network data communication channels or through the unit front connector interface</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network management control</h3>

<p>signalling parameter sent in the forward direction concerning network management related action for a call</p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-11241" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>network management interface</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id06255#id06255" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See service interface</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network management system; <em>network management workstation</em>; <em>NMS</em>; <em>NMWS</em></h3>

<p>system for controlling and monitoring the resources of a telecommunication network and recording their use and performance, in order to provide telecommunication services</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network management workstation</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id08443#id08443" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network management system</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network manager; <em>NM</em></h3>

<p>set of functions for the management of a network, mainly supported by the element managers (EM) but involving possibly also direct access to the network elements</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network map</h3>

<p>map that provides a graphical representation of a network</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network map navigation link</h3>

<p>link to a new group of nodes in the lower level network map</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network model</h3>

<p>model that contains the managed objects of the network and their relationships</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network modelling</h3>

<p>use of various tools and traffic models to predict traffic density in different parts of the network and design the network accordingly</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network monitor</h3>

<p>network monitoring tool that periodically collects network traffic and performance data</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network multiplexer</h3>

<p>equipment that combines two or more signals so that the signals can be transmitted simultaneously on a single carrier wave, communications channel, or data channel</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network name</h3>

<p>string of up to 32 alphanumeric characters comprising the name of the logical group to which the wireless station belongs</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network navigator</h3>

<p>Nokia NMS tool that allows the user to view the physical and logical topologies of the transmission network, including the paths and circuits that run through the network</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network news transfer protocol; <em>NNTP</em></h3>

<p>extension of the TCP/IP protocol that provides a network news transport service</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network node interface; <em>NNI</em></h3>

<p>interface at a network node which is used to interconnect with another network node</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network number; <em>administration number</em>; <em>electric number</em>; <em>network provided billing number</em>; <em>NN</em></h3>

<p>number that unambiguously indicates the origin of a call</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network operating system; <em>NOS</em></h3>

<p>software required by the network to control the transmission of data</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>Network Operations Center; <em>NOC</em></h3>

<p>group responsible for the day-to-day care and feeding of a network</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network operator; <em>operator</em>; <em>carrier /US/</em>; <em>NO</em></h3>

<p>telecommunications company which provides network services and maintains a telecommunication network</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network operator application plane</h3>

<p>layer that consists of nodes that provide support for content and content applications</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network operator business community; <em>business community</em></h3>

<p>measurement user community whose members expect that the wireless telecommunication network is fully operational, adequately engineered, and in commercial service, and supplies the revenue per subscriber unit that meets the financial goals</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network operator maintenance community; <em>maintenance community</em></h3>

<p>measurement user community whose members assume that the wireless telecommunication network is less than fully operational, adequately engineered, and in commercial service and their primary object is to reduce the mean time to recovery within the fixed network equipment of the operating company</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network operator traffic engineering community; <em>traffic engineering community</em></h3>

<p>measurement user community whose members expect that the wireless telecommunication network is fully operational, inadequately engineered, and in commercial service and their primary objective is to keep the capacity of the fixed network equipment within specified limits</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network packet decoding</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id018288#id018288" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See packet snooping</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network parameter control; <em>NPC</em></h3>

<p>set of actions taken by the network to monitor and control traffic at the inter Network Node Interface, to protect network resources from malicious as well as unintentional misbehaviour by detecting violations of negotiated parameters and taking appropriate actions</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network performance; <em>performance</em>; <em>NP</em></h3>

<p>performance measured in terms of how a network or network portion is able to provide the functions related to communications between users</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network personalisation</h3>

<p>personalisation of a mobile station (MS) so that it can only be used with a particular network operator's SIM</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network phone</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id010807#id010807" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network telephone</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network planning</h3>

<p>process of finding the optimised solution for the comprehensive network system and defining the detailed network solution</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network prefix</h3>

<p>part of an IPv6 address for identifying the unicast subnetwork which owns the multicast address</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network profile</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id013923#id013923" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See profile</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network protocol; <em>network communications protocol</em></h3>

<p>protocol for establishing and controlling communications, which govern format, timing, sequencing, and error control</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network protocol data unit; <em>network level protocol data unit</em>; <em>network layer protocol data unit</em>; <em>N-PDU</em>; <em>NPDU</em></h3>

<p>protocol data unit identified by a label at network layer of the OSI model</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network provided; <em>NP</em></h3>

<p>network number which is stored at the originating switch interface</p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-11274" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>network provided billing number</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id015956#id015956" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network number</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network provider; <em>NP</em></h3>

<p>network operator that provides an access network or backbone transport for end users or other providers</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network publishing</h3>

<p>publishing material in the information network</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network quality monitor; <em>NQM</em></h3>

<p>Nokia NMS application that observes the performance of a telecommunications network</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network redundancy</h3>

<p>feature which is used to examine the need for redundancy solutions in 3G network elements, and to examine how to secure the availability of data and services at network element level</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network renumbering</h3>

<p>changing the IP addresses of hosts, and possibly the network mask of each device within the network that has an address associated with it</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network resilience</h3>

<p>measurement of network fault tolerance indicating the ability of the network to function in the event of failure</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network resource identifier; <em>NRI</em></h3>

<p>part of temporary mobile subscriber identity (TMSI) which indicates the core network resource assigned to serve a mobile station</p>
</div>


<a name="id012839" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>network resource model; <em>NRM</em></h3>

<p>protocol independent model which describes managed objects representing network resources</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network roll-out; <em>roll-out</em></h3>

<p>process of planning and implementing, in a controlled manner, a network that consists of a large number of sites based on customer requirements for coverage and capacity</p>
</div>


<a name="id015443" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>network roll-out plan; <em>roll-out plan</em></h3>

<p>plan that describes how to implement the final network solution</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network routing number</h3>

<p>number that is derived and used by the network to route the call towards a ported number</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network scanning; <em>auto-detection</em></h3>

<p>function which is used for finding out existing network elements within an address space</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network server</h3>

<p>server product which communicates with a mobile terminal and is used by the operator to deliver services to the mobile terminal</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network service; <em>operator service</em>; <em>bearer service</em>; <em>system service /US/</em>; <em>carrier service /US/</em>; <em>BS</em>; <em>NS</em></h3>

<p>part of telecommunication service that provides the capability for the transmission of signals between user-network interfaces</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network service access point; <em>network layer service access point</em>; <em>NSAP</em></h3>

<p>point (network address) at which an OSI network service is made available to a transport layer entity</p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-11290" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>network service access point identifier</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id08925#id08925" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network layer service access point identifier</a></p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-11291" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>network service area</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id03766#id03766" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See service area</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network service data unit; <em>network service service data unit</em>; <em>network-service-data-unit</em>; <em>NS SDU</em>; <em>NSDU</em></h3>

<p>service data unit that is transported between peer network service layer users</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network service entity; <em>NSE</em></h3>

<p>logical entity that provides a communication service to network service peer entities which communicate over BSSGP virtual connections (BVC)</p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-11294" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>network service entity ID</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id08986#id08986" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network service entity identifier</a></p>
</div>


<a name="id08986" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>network service entity identifier; <em>network service entity ID</em>; <em>NSEI</em></h3>

<p>identifier of a network service entity having end-to-end significance across the Gb interface</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network service part; <em>NSP</em></h3>

<p>combination of the message transfer part and the signalling connection control part</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network service PDU</h3>

<p>protocol data unit (PDU) within which the network service data units (NS SDU) are encapsulated, and a set of which is in turn encapsulated within subnetwork service PDUs</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network service provider; <em>NSP</em></h3>

<p>service provider that offers different kinds of network services to its customers or employees on its own network or on a leased network</p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-11299" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>network service service data unit</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id011197#id011197" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network service data unit</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network service virtual connection; <em>NS-VC</em></h3>

<p>end-to-end virtual communication path between network service peer entities</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network service virtual connection group; <em>NSE</em></h3>

<p>entity that identifies a group of network service virtual connections (NS-VC) in the base station controller (BSC)</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network service virtual connection identifier; <em>NS-VCI</em></h3>

<p>identifier of a network service virtual connection (NS-VC) within the serving GPRS support node (SGSN) having end-to-end significance across the Gb interface</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network service virtual link; <em>NS-VL</em></h3>

<p>local link in the user-network interface end of the frame relay permanent virtual connection</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network service virtual link identifier; <em>NS-VLI</em></h3>

<p>identifier of a network service virtual link (NS-VL), having local significance at the base station subsystem (BSS) or at the serving GPRS support node (SGSN)</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network specific facility</h3>

<p>service-related information which is transferred transparently between the local exchange and the identified network which contracts the service</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network subset code</h3>

<p>digits 6 and 7 of the international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI)</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network subset code group</h3>

<p>combination of a network subset code and the associated network code</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network subset personalisation</h3>

<p>refinement of network personalisation which allows network operators to limit the usage of a mobile station to a subset of SIMs</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network subsystem; <em>network switching subsystem</em>; <em>NSS</em></h3>

<p>in a network management system (NMS), a subsystem that comprises mobile services switching centre (MSC), service control point (SCP) and service management point (SMP)</p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-11310" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>network switching subsystem</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id08445#id08445" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network subsystem</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network synchronisation; <em>network synchronization /US/</em></h3>

<p>generic concept that depicts the way of distributing a common time and/or frequency to all elements in a network</p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-11312" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>network synchronization /US/</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id07854#id07854" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network synchronisation</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network telephone; <em>network phone</em></h3>

<p>system, service or application which enables speech connection between the users of the information network</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network termination; <em>NT</em></h3>

<p>equipment that provides the functions necessary for the operation of the access protocols by the network</p>
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<div class="topic">
<h3>network termination 1; <em>NT1</em></h3>

<p>network termination which contains most of the functions of the physical layer in the OSI model</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network termination 2; <em>NT2</em></h3>

<p>network termination which contains all the functions of network termination 1 and also upper layer functions of the OSI model</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network time protocol; <em>NTP</em></h3>

<p>protocol for synchronising clocks on hosts and routers connected to a network, with reference to clocks located on the Internet</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network topology</h3>

<p>arrangement and interlinking of network elements within the managed network</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network trigger</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id016246#id016246" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See trigger</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network user</h3>

<p>user who executes operations to the network elements</p>
</div>


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<h3>network virtual file system; <em>NVFS</em></h3>

<p>standard network file system with standard commands and pathname conventions</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network virtual terminal; <em>NVT</em></h3>

<p>device which the Telnet protocol uses to enable a local computer to communicate with a remote computer</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network-assisted cell change; <em>NACC</em></h3>

<p>feature for shortening the service outage time at cell re-selection in packet transfer mode when the originating and target cells belong to different base station controllers (BSC) or radio network controllers (RNC)</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network-assisted GPS</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id018293#id018293" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See assisted GPS</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>network-controlled cell re-selection; <em>NCCRS</em>; <em>NCCR</em></h3>

<p>crossover in packet switched (PS) mode in a case where the network commands a mobile station to another cell and it is up to the mobile station to request resources in the target cell</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network-independent clocking; <em>NIC</em></h3>

<p>method by which data is transmitted at the average transmitter clocking rate through a plesiochronous network in order to maintain bit synchronism between the transmitting and receiving data terminal</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network-initiated; <em>NI</em></h3>

<p>characteristic of being initiated by a network</p>
</div>


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<h3>network-level redundancy</h3>

<p>redundancy scheme in which the network is composed of independent replaceable network elements, allowing a faulty network element to be replaced with another</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network-network interface; <em>NNI</em></h3>

<p>interface that allows different networks to interoperate</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network-originated data packet</h3>

<p>packet that is sent from the network to a mobile station</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network-service-data-unit</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id011197#id011197" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network service data unit</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>network-to-endpoint loopback</h3>

<p>loopback in which an OAM cell is inserted by a network operator and switched back by a virtual path or virtual channel connection endpoint in another domain</p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-11333" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>network-to-network interface</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id020707#id020707" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See PoC network-to-network interface</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>networked SMS centre</h3>

<p>high capacity short message service centre (SMS centre) cluster which is formed by connecting several SMS centres together</p>
</div>


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<h3>neutral macro</h3>

<p>macro which, besides performing its own tasks, can observe the execution of the other macros</p>
</div>


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<h3>new; <em>NW</em></h3>

<p>status of a new software build on the disk</p>
</div>


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<h3>new album; <em>NA</em></h3>

<p>terminal gateway (TGW) subscriber's album where newly arrived multimedia messages are stored</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>new data flag; <em>NDF</em></h3>

<p>mechanism which allows an arbitrary change of the value of a pointer</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>new group mode</h3>

<p>mode of Internet key exchange (IKE) which is used to negotiate a new group for performing a Diffie- Hellman key exchange</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>news; <em>news group</em>; <em>discussion group</em></h3>

<p>Internet service which enables the users to read a collection of articles, announcements, advertisements or opinions arranged by topic, and participate on the on-going discussions through e-mail</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>news group</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id010718#id010718" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See news</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>news group server</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id010726#id010726" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See news server</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>news server; <em>news group server</em></h3>

<p>server that exchanges Internet newsgroups with newsreader clients and other servers</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>next hop address</h3>

<p>address of the adjacent host or router to which the packet should be sent next</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>next hop resolution protocol; <em>NHRP</em></h3>

<p>protocol used by routers to dynamically discover the media access control (MAC) addresses of other routers and hosts connected to a nonbroadcast multi-access network</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>next hop server; <em>NHS</em></h3>

<p>server that the next hop resolution protocol (NHRP) defines maintaining next-hop resolution cache tables that contain the IP-to-ATM address mappings of associated nodes and nodes that are reachable through routers that the NHS serves</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>next-hop determination</h3>

<p>algorithm for mapping an IP destination address into the IP address of the neighbour to which the traffic for the destination should be sent</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>nextstate</h3>

<p>statement causing a transition into the same or a new state to wait for a signal</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>NF</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id014754#id014754" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See AAL2 nodal function</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>NFS</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id08440#id08440" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network file system</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>NFS client</h3>

<p>computer that can remotely mount a NFS file system from another computer</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>NFS server</h3>

<p>computer whose file systems can be remotely mounted from NFS clients</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>NGAF</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id010003#id010003" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See non-GPRS alert flag</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>NH</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id02868#id02868" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See no hardware</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>NHRP</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id09746#id09746" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See next hop resolution protocol</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>NHS</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id09747#id09747" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See next hop server</a></p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-11357" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>NI</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id012191#id012191" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network identity</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>NI</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id016880#id016880" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network-initiated</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>NI</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id04366#id04366" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network indicator</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>NI-LR</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id013156#id013156" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network initiated location request</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>nibble</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id03410#id03410" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See half-byte</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>NIC</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id011069#id011069" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network-independent clocking</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>NIC</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id020590#id020590" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network interface controller</a></p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-11364" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>NID</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id011508#id011508" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See APN network identifier</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>night service</h3>

<p>operator service defined for a service number to which incoming calls are transferred if all attendants of the service number have logged out</p>
</div>


<a name="id010784" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>night service pick-up</h3>

<p>pick-up service available to centrex extensions enabling them to pick up calls directed to the night service</p>
</div>


<a name="id010785" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>night transfer number</h3>

<p>number into which incoming calls are transferred if all attendants have logged out</p>
</div>


<a name="id07113" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>night transfer service</h3>

<p>operator service, defined for a service number, to which an incoming call is transmitted if there are no active attendants for the service number</p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-11369" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>NIS</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id08441#id08441" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network information service</a></p>
</div>


<a name="id08449" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>NIS client</h3>

<p>computer which queries NIS information from one of the NIS servers</p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-11371" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>NIS master</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id08512#id08512" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See NIS master server</a></p>
</div>


<a name="id08512" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>NIS master server; <em>NIS master</em></h3>

<p>computer which answers NIS queries, contains the main NIS maps, and distributes the maps to NIS slave servers</p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-11373" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>NIS slave</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id08450#id08450" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See NIS slave server</a></p>
</div>


<a name="id08450" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>NIS slave server; <em>NIS slave</em></h3>

<p>computer that answers NIS queries if the NIS master is not functional</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>NITZ</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id013322#id013322" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network identity and time zone</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>NLOS</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id013509#id013509" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See non-line-of-sight</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>NLP</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id011070#id011070" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See non-linear processor</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>NLRI</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id010000#id010000" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network layer reachability information</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>NM</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id012837#id012837" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network manager</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>NM</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id08117#id08117" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network management</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>NM</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id07781#id07781" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See manager</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>NML-EML interface</h3>

<p>interface that represents the communication data and exchange mechanism between the management system or systems that deploy the network management layer (NML) and element management layer (EML) functions of the telecommunications management network</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>NMS</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id08443#id08443" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network management system</a></p>
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<h3>NMS administrator; <em>NMS system administrator</em></h3>

<p>most privileged user on the network management system (NMS) workstation network, who is responsible for the administration of the other NMS users</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>NMS clock</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id08451#id08451" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See NMS time</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>NMS interface</h3>

<p>interface that allows components to be monitored via network management system (NMS) and supports fault management by permitting the forwarding of alarms to the NMS</p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-11387" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>NMS system administrator</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id018362#id018362" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See NMS administrator</a></p>
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<div class="topic">
<h3>NMS system management; <em>system management</em>; <em>SM</em></h3>

<p>set of operation and maintenance tasks needed to keep the network management system running</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>NMS system security; <em>system security</em></h3>

<p>actions taken to protect the network management system from unauthorised use</p>
</div>


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<h3>NMS time; <em>NMS clock</em></h3>

<p>NMS workstation time which is used as a reference for checking the times of network elements</p>
</div>


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<h3>NMS user</h3>

<p>user with the authority to run the Nokia NMS</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>NMSI</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id04498#id04498" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See national mobile subscriber identity</a></p>
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<div class="topic">
<h3>NMWS</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id08443#id08443" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network management system</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>NN</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id015956#id015956" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network number</a></p>
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<div class="topic">
<h3>NND</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id018401#id018401" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See neighbour node discovery</a></p>
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<div class="topic">
<h3>NNI</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id017010#id017010" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network-network interface</a></p>
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<div class="topic">
<h3>NNI</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id020707#id020707" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See PoC network-to-network interface</a></p>
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<div class="topic">
<h3>NNI</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id04384#id04384" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network node interface</a></p>
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<h3>NNSF</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id017180#id017180" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See NAS node selection function</a></p>
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<h3>NNTP</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id09465#id09465" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network news transfer protocol</a></p>
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<h3>NO</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id05207#id05207" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network operator</a></p>
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<h3>no content charging</h3>

<p>charging related to the 2.5G and 3G networks and services where bearer, access and content services are provided free of charge to the subscribers on condition that they accept receiving advertisements to their mobile devices</p>
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<h3>no hardware; <em>NH</em></h3>

<p>state of a functional unit where it is not in use and has not been mounted nor fully equipped. All tables needed for its operation are, however, reserved</p>
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<h3>no redundancy</h3>

<p>redundancy scheme in which there are no redundant units for functional units of certain types, for example in the system hardware</p>
</div>


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<h3>no redundancy recovery group</h3>

<p>recovery group, the function of which is based on a single resource without standby equipment</p>
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<h3>no resources available</h3>

<p>cause value indicating a generic temporary error condition in which all dynamic PDP addresses are occupied or no memory is available</p>
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<div class="topic">
<h3>No. 7 exchange</h3>

<p>exchange utilising signalling system No. 7</p>
</div>


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<h3>No. 7 exchange - first</h3>

<p>exchange closest to the calling party in each No. 7 section of a connection where, unless it is the calling party's exchange, interworking with other signalling systems takes place</p>
</div>


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<h3>No. 7 exchange - last</h3>

<p>exchange closest to the called party in each No. 7 connection where, unless it is the called party's exchange, interworking with other signalling systems takes place</p>
</div>


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<h3>NOAD</h3>

<p>personnel planning tool in Nokia that supports different development actions</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>NoAI</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id04733#id04733" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See nature of address</a></p>
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<h3>NOC</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id014983#id014983" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See Network Operations Center</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>nodal exchange</h3>

<p>transit exchange in a local network</p>
</div>


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<h3>nodal exchange area</h3>

<p>exchange area where incoming traffic is transmitted through the same nodal exchange</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>nodal function</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id014754#id014754" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See AAL2 nodal function</a></p>
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<h3>node</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id02102#id02102" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See switching node</a></p>
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<div class="topic">
<h3>node</h3>

<p>host which has been given a specific purpose</p>
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<h3>node alive request; <em>node alive request message</em></h3>

<p>message used to inform that a node in the network has started its service</p>
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<div class="topic">
<h3>node alive request message</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id015759#id015759" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See node alive request</a></p>
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<h3>node alive response; <em>node alive response message</em></h3>

<p>message sent as a response to a received node alive request</p>
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<div class="topic">
<h3>node alive response message</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id015760#id015760" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See node alive response</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>node B</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id03816#id03816" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See base transceiver station</a></p>
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<div class="topic">
<h3>node clock</h3>

<p>clock distributing synchronisation to one or more synchronised elements in the node, equipment and units</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>node equipment</h3>

<p>cross-connection equipment for a digital transmission network used for flexible and generally unblocked connection and branching of channels of frame structure</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>node IP address</h3>

<p>internal IP address of a node, which is visible only inside a cluster</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>node manager</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id07781#id07781" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See manager</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>node offline file</h3>

<p>file that contains all configuration information for commissioning a node</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>node type</h3>

<p>classification of nodes according to their functions and interface capacity</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>node unit</h3>

<p>in topology, a functional unit to which is connected a list of units and which acts in a critical role concerning normal message transfer</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>noise compensation</h3>

<p>method used in enhanced automatic level control (ALC) in which the opposite path noise level is used to adjust the signal level</p>
</div>


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<h3>noise power</h3>

<p>interfering and unwanted power in an electrical device or system</p>
</div>


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<h3>Nokia 9210 games</h3>

<p>selection of games designed exclusively for the Nokia 9210 Communicator</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>Nokia bar</h3>

<p>Nokia-characteristic part at the top of a graphical user interface (GUI), containing a Nokia logo on the right side of the bar and an image on the left side that identifies the current product</p>
</div>


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<h3>Nokia Charging Center; <em>NCC</em></h3>

<p>Nokia product that is used for charging mobile data services</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>Nokia Common Alarm MIB; <em>NCAM</em></h3>

<p>Nokia proprietary management information base (MIB) that is used for fault management in a network element</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>Nokia contact page web server; <em>CPWS</em></h3>

<p>HTTP server that is used to store IMS subscribers' personal contact pages</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>Nokia enhanced SNMP solution suite</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id016215#id016215" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See NE3S</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>Nokia NetAct™; <em>NetAct™</em></h3>

<p>Nokia product for network management</p>
</div>


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<h3>Nokia open performance data format; <em>NOPDF</em></h3>

<p>ASCII format in which the statistical reports are transferred to the network management system (NMS) in A2</p>
</div>


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<h3>Nokia Profile Manager; <em>NPM</em></h3>

<p>Nokia product that provides end-to-end subscription management, centralised self-service management, and diverse provisioning capabilities</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>Nokia Profile Proxy</h3>

<p>Nokia product that transfers subscriber profile information between the operator's main database and the network elements</p>
</div>


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<h3>Nokia Profile Server; <em>NPS</em></h3>

<p>network element which provides centralized storage and retrieval services for subscribers' service settings and other subscriber information</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>Nokia smart messaging</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id015668#id015668" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See smart messaging</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>Nokia subscription manager</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id016954#id016954" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See subscription manager</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>Nokia's Network Planning System; <em>NPS/X</em></h3>

<p>network planning system which assists network planners in their work of designing the most cost- effective network coverage</p>
</div>


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<h3>nomadic operating mode</h3>

<p>mode of operation where the terminal is transportable but being operated while stationary and may in addition require user co-operation</p>
</div>


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<h3>nominal justification rate</h3>

<p>justification rate that occurs when the digit rates of both the original signal and the justified signal are at their nominal values</p>
</div>


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<h3>nominal justification ratio</h3>

<p>ratio of the nominal justification rate to the maximum justification rate</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>nominal maximum circuit</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id0238#id0238" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See hypothetical reference circuit</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>nominal stuffing rate</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id0542#id0542" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See nominal justification rate</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>nominated HLR</h3>

<p>home location register (HLR) to which the analyses in the gateway mobile services switching centre (GMSC) point</p>
</div>


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<h3>non-access stratum; <em>NAS</em></h3>

<p>protocols between the mobile station (MS) and the core network that are not terminated in the radio access network (RAN)</p>
</div>


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<h3>non-access stratum protocol data unit; <em>NAS PDU</em></h3>

<p>information element (IE) that contains the message sent from the core network to the mobile station, or vice versa, without interpretation in the radio network controller</p>
</div>


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<h3>non-blocking cross-connection</h3>

<p>cross-connection which does not limit connections</p>
</div>


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<h3>non-blocking request handler; <em>NRH</em></h3>

<p>request handler in the SMAP Voice software that processes the incoming requests in parallel instead of queuing them</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>non-bursty traffic</h3>

<p>continuous traffic, such as audio</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>non-call related service</h3>

<p>service that does not concern an active call</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>non-call-associated signalling; <em>NCAS</em></h3>

<p>signalling by means of which the initial or updated position may be obtained during an emergency call</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>non-compatible update</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id04820#id04820" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See cutover update</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>non-competing destination</h3>

<p>destination, area code or international prefix for which operators cannot compete</p>
</div>


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<h3>non-concentrating interface</h3>

<p>interface where user ports are fixedly connected to aggregate interface timeslots</p>
</div>


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<h3>non-controllable load</h3>

<p>load caused by real-time traffic, interference from the surrounding cells, and noise</p>
</div>


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<h3>non-critical event</h3>

<p>event that does not noticeably impair the continuation of an operation</p>
</div>


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<h3>non-dedicated control channel; <em>NDCC</em>; <em>ND-CC</em></h3>

<p>control channel strategy where the same radio channel may be used alternately as control channel and traffic channel</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>non-delivery report</h3>

<p>delivery report which indicates that message delivery has failed</p>
</div>


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<h3>non-DRM</h3>

<p>characteristic of a content delivery in which the content is delivered as plain content and no digital rights management (DRM) is applied</p>
</div>


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<h3>non-faded condition</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id06160#id06160" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See unfaded condition</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>non-GPRS alert flag; <em>NGAF</em></h3>

<p>information flag set by a serving GPRS support node (SGSN) to indicate whether activity from a mobile station shall be reported to the MSC/VLR</p>
</div>


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<h3>non-GPRS alert procedure</h3>

<p>procedure used by the visitor location register (VLR) to request an indication from a serving GPRS support node (SGSN) when activity, either signalling or data transmission, from a mobile station is detected</p>
</div>


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<h3>non-hierarchical network</h3>

<p>network with no hierarchical layers in which every node can have a direct connection to any other node</p>
</div>


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<h3>non-independent service</h3>

<p>subservice that can be used only as a part of a service package.</p>
</div>


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<h3>non-intelligent terminal; <em>dumb terminal</em></h3>

<p>terminal with no independent processing ability of its own which can only carry out operations when connected to a computer</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>non-line-of-sight; <em>NLOS</em></h3>

<p>line between a transmitting antenna and a receiving antenna where there are obstructions</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>non-linear charging</h3>

<p>charging mode in which the tariff can change during the call, depending on the length of the call</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>non-linear processor; <em>NLP</em></h3>

<p>device with a defined suppression threshold level in which signals having a level below the threshold are suppressed and signals having a level above the threshold are passed although the signal may be distorted</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>non-linear rating</h3>

<p>rating in which the charging changes after a predefined point</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>non-modal encoding</h3>

<p>character-encoding method that does not use special sequences of characters to switch between one- and two-byte modes</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>non-operational state</h3>

<p>attribute of a managed object which indicates that the managed object exists but has no actual value</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>non-real time; <em>NRT</em>; <em>nrt</em></h3>

<p>type of communication that happens in segments of information, with pauses of variable length between the segments</p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-11480" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>non-real time bearer service</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id013510#id013510" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See non-real time service</a></p>
</div>


<a name="id013510" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>non-real time service; <em>non-real time bearer service</em>; <em>NRT bearer service</em></h3>

<p>bearer service which is provided with variable delay according to the amount of capacity available</p>
</div>


<a name="id09235" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>non-real-time variable bit rate; <em>nrt-VBR</em></h3>

<p>variable bit rate intended for applications which have bursty traffic characteristics and do not have tight constraints on delay and delay variation</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>non-recoverable cross-connection</h3>

<p>ATM cross-connection that is automatically released by the ATM network element upon detecting a failure that affects the service</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>non-redundant mode</h3>

<p>mode of a computer unit's local area network (LAN) interfaces in which one interface is configured for internal traffic and another for media traffic</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>non-redundant unit</h3>

<p>functional unit which cannot be used for substituting the working unit</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>non-repudiation</h3>

<p>requirements which provide unforgeable proof of shipment and/or receipt of data to prevent the sender from disavowing a legitimate message or the recipient from denying receipt</p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-11487" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>non-repudiation code</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id014681#id014681" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See signing PIN</a></p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-11488" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>non-repudiation PIN</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id014681#id014681" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See signing PIN</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>non-repudiation PIN code</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id014681#id014681" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See signing PIN</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>non-return-to-zero code; <em>NRZ code</em></h3>

<p>code form having two states - zero and one - with no neutral or rest condition</p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-11491" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>non-return-to-zero signal</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id06931#id06931" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See NRZ signal</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>non-revertive switching; <em>equal switching</em></h3>

<p>path protection method in transmission networks such that once the switch to the spare circuitry has been made, the node does not switch back to the original state even if the fault has been cleared</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>non-RTP means</h3>

<p>protocols and mechanisms that may be needed in addition to the real-time transport protocol (RTP) to provide a usable service</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>non-selectable service</h3>

<p>service that is always active for the user</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>non-selective fading</h3>

<p>fading where the whole received signal bandwidth has (nearly) the same amount of attenuation independently of the frequency</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>non-switched connection</h3>

<p>connection that is established without the use of switching, for example by means of hard-wired joints</p>
</div>


<a name="id051" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>non-synchronised network; <em>non-synchronous network</em>; <em>asynchronous network</em>; <em>non-synchronized network /US/</em></h3>

<p>network in which signals need not be synchronous</p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-11498" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>non-synchronized network /US/</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id051#id051" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See non-synchronised network</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>non-synchronous</h3>

<p>characteristic of two time-varying phenomena, time-scales, or signals with corresponding significant instants which are separated by time intervals that do not have a constant duration</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>non-synchronous</h3>

<p>essential characteristic of time-scales or signals such that their corresponding significant instants do not necessarily occur at the same average rate</p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-11501" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>non-synchronous network</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id051#id051" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See non-synchronised network</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>non-transparent access</h3>

<p>connection from the GGSN to external data networks where subscriber IP address is given from the Intranet/ISP IP address space</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>non-transparent bearer service; <em>non-transparent service</em></h3>

<p>bearer service in which the transmitted data is structured</p>
</div>


<a name="id013158" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>non-transparent connection</h3>

<p>connection in which the GSM network can correct the detected errors with an error correction protocol</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>non-transparent loopback</h3>

<p>loopback in which the signal transmitted beyond the loopback point (forward signal) when the loopback is activated is not the same as the received signal at the loopback point</p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-11506" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>non-transparent service</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id011071#id011071" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See non-transparent bearer service</a></p>
</div>


<a name="id014856" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>non-transparent transmission; <em>NT</em></h3>

<p>data transmission which is error-free, and has variable rate and variable delay</p>
</div>


<a name="id0150" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>non-uniform encoding</h3>

<p>generation of code words to represent non-uniformly quantised values</p>
</div>


<a name="id0151" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>non-uniform quantising; <em>non-uniform quantizing /US/</em></h3>

<p>quantising in which not all the quantising intervals lying entirely with the working range are equal</p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-11510" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>non-uniform quantizing /US/</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id0151#id0151" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See non-uniform quantising</a></p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-11511" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>non-validating processor</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id015774#id015774" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See non-validating XML processor</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>non-validating XML processor; <em>non-validating processor</em></h3>

<p>XML processor which checks only the document entity, including the entire internal document type definition (DTD) subset, against the rules of well-formed XML</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>non-volatile data; <em>NVD</em></h3>

<p>information stored in an electronic device that is not lost after the removal of power</p>
</div>


<a name="id07580" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>non-volatile memory; <em>non-volatile storage</em>; <em>persistent storage</em>; <em>persistent memory</em>; <em>NVS</em></h3>

<p>memory whose contents are preserved when its power is off</p>
</div>


<a name="id016763" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>non-volatile random access memory; <em>NVRAM</em></h3>

<p>static random access memory (RAM) which is made into non-volatile storage either by having a battery permanently connected or by saving its contents to EEPROM before turning the power off and reloading it when power is restored</p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-11516" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>non-volatile storage</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id07580#id07580" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See non-volatile memory</a></p>
</div>


<a name="id015222" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>non-work-conserving</h3>

<p>operational mode of a scheduler in which it serves packets no sooner than the scheduled departure time, even if this means leaving packets in a queue while the link is idle</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>nonactive software build; <em>nonactive SW build</em>; <em>inactive software build</em>; <em>inactive SW build</em></h3>

<p>software build whose load modules are not default versions</p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-11519" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>nonactive SW build</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id09124#id09124" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See nonactive software build</a></p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-11520" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>nonadjacent signaling points /US/</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id01175#id01175" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See nonadjacent signalling points</a></p>
</div>


<a name="id01175" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>nonadjacent signalling points; <em>nonadjacent signaling points /US/</em></h3>

<p>two signalling points that are not directly connected by any signalling links</p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-11522" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>nonassociated mode of signaling /US/</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id02791#id02791" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See nonassociated mode of signalling</a></p>
</div>


<a name="id02791" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>nonassociated mode of signalling; <em>nonassociated mode of signaling /US/</em></h3>

<p>mode where messages for a signalling relation involving two (nonadjacent) signalling points are conveyed, between those signalling points, over two or more signalling links in tandem passing through one or more signalling transfer points</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>nonce</h3>

<p>in HTTP digest authentication, a server-specified data string which should be uniquely generated each time a 401 response is made</p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-11525" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>NOPDF</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id010090#id010090" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See Nokia open performance data format</a></p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-11526" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>normal burst</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id04784#id04784" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See burst</a></p>
</div>


<a name="id013159" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>normal call</h3>

<p>call originated by a GSM subscriber without a closed user group (CUG), or call originated by a CUG subscriber when no CUG information is passed from the originating switching entity to the destination entity</p>
</div>


<a name="id013160" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>normal charging</h3>

<p>charging in which the calling party is to be charged for the actual communication</p>
</div>


<a name="id011829" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>normal configuration set</h3>

<p>configuration set which contains all the information needed to define how the monitoring should be done in a particular case</p>
</div>


<a name="id012627" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>normal data</h3>

<p>data which is saved through the IOMANA (I/O Manager Program Block) process</p>
</div>


<a name="id012844" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>normal GSM operation</h3>

<p>GSM operation concerning general, card holder verification (CHV) related, GSM security related and subscription related procedures</p>
</div>


<a name="id012628" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>normal info</h3>

<p>information field in a raw data message which tells if a charging record will be saved through the IOMANA (I/O Manager Program Block) process</p>
</div>


<a name="id012845" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>normal mode of operation</h3>

<p>mode of operation into which a mobile station will go if it has no personalisation checks to process</p>
</div>


<a name="id013161" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>normal record</h3>

<p>data that is included in a data block and saved through the logical file</p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-11535" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>normal routing of signaling /US/</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id0869#id0869" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See normal routing of signalling</a></p>
</div>


<a name="id0869" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>normal routing of signalling; <em>normal routing of signaling /US/</em></h3>

<p>routing of a given signalling traffic flow in normal conditions (that is, in the absence of failures)</p>
</div>


<a name="id016175" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>normal state</h3>

<p>load control state in which load control (LC) only monitors the load without initiating any load control actions</p>
</div>


<a name="id011067" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>North American numbering plan; <em>NANP</em></h3>

<p>numbering plan used in North America</p>
</div>


<a name="id018385" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>northbound interface</h3>

<p>open interface that provides network information to an upper-level network management system (NMS)</p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-11540" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>NOS</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id010329#id010329" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network operating system</a></p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-11541" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>not ready function</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id07044#id07044" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See pause function</a></p>
</div>


<a name="id07614" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>notation</h3>

<p>set of symbols, and rules for their use, for the representation of data</p>
</div>


<a name="id02906" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>notice</h3>

<p>alarm which is not cancelled and which only informs about a fault event without printing out the urgency class</p>
</div>


<a name="id05446" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>notification</h3>

<p>information emitted by a managed object related to an event that has occurred within the managed object</p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-11545" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>notification ID</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id019148#id019148" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See notification identifier</a></p>
</div>


<a name="id019148" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>notification identifier; <em>notification ID</em></h3>

<p>running number which is assigned to each incoming alarm as its unique identifier</p>
</div>


<a name="id015718" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>notification interface</h3>

<p>HTTP interface for delivering WAP service messages to a mobile terminal via a push proxy gateway</p>
</div>


<a name="id014591" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>notification service; <em>NS</em></h3>

<p>service that is an event-driven asynchronous communication mechanism and supports store-and-forward message delivery and content-based routing</p>
</div>


<a name="id05447" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>notification type</h3>

<p>data type defining a specific kind of notifications</p>
</div>


<a name="id013444" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>notifier</h3>

<p>process which is used to notify the recovery event announcing service about an event</p>
</div>


<a name="id09748" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>notify</h3>

<p>function which a subscriber uses to send a notification message to another party in a PTP call or to all the leaves of a PTM call</p>
</div>


<a name="id017170" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>notify message; <em>NTFY</em></h3>

<p>signalling message that provides an autonomous indication of events to a remote peer</p>
</div>


<a name="id019985" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>notifying indicator</h3>

<p>identifier which informs the calling user, who is trying to make a one-to-one call, that the call attempt has been turned into a notification towards the target user</p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-11554" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>NP</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id014489#id014489" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network provider</a></p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-11555" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>NP</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id015957#id015957" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network provided</a></p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-11556" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>NP</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id04731#id04731" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See numbering plan</a></p>
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<h3>NP</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id06313#id06313" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See trunk prefix</a></p>
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<h3>NP</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id08120#id08120" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See number portability</a></p>
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<h3>NP</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id012860#id012860" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network performance</a></p>
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<h3>NP prefix; <em>number portability prefix</em></h3>

<p>prefix added to the called number when it belongs to the ported subscriber indicating either the exchange or the operator where the subscriber is ported in</p>
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<h3>NPA</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id015998#id015998" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See numbering plan organisation</a></p>
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<h3>NPA /US/</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id05112#id05112" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See numbering area</a></p>
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<h3>NPAC-SMS</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id015992#id015992" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See number portability administration centre service management system /US/</a></p>
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<h3>NPC</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id07511#id07511" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network parameter control</a></p>
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<h3>NPDB</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id013162#id013162" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See number portability database</a></p>
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<h3>NPDU</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id011333#id011333" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network protocol data unit</a></p>
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<h3>NPJAPI</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id016764#id016764" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See subscriber database API</a></p>
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<h3>NPM</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id021248#id021248" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See Nokia Profile Manager</a></p>
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<h3>NPP</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id020802#id020802" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See Nokia Profile Proxy</a></p>
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<h3>NPS</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id018221#id018221" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See Nokia Profile Server</a></p>
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<h3>NPS/X</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id08454#id08454" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See Nokia's Network Planning System</a></p>
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<h3>NQM</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id08444#id08444" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network quality monitor</a></p>
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<h3>NQM client</h3>

<p>process for viewing the monitoring data generated by NQM server</p>
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<h3>NQM server</h3>

<p>process for retrieving data from the Nokia NMS database and for calculating monitoring data</p>
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<h3>NRH</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id020104#id020104" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See non-blocking request handler</a></p>
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<h3>NRI</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id017178#id017178" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network resource identifier</a></p>
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<h3>NRM</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id012839#id012839" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network resource model</a></p>
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<h3>NRT</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id014355#id014355" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See non-real time</a></p>
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<h3>nrt</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id014355#id014355" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See non-real time</a></p>
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<h3>NRT bearer service</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id013510#id013510" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See non-real time service</a></p>
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<h3>nrt-VBR</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id09235#id09235" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See non-real-time variable bit rate</a></p>
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<h3>NRZ code</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id06277#id06277" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See non-return-to-zero code</a></p>
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<h3>NRZ signal; <em>non-return-to-zero signal</em></h3>

<p>binary signal formed through non-return-to-zero coding</p>
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<h3>NS</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id014591#id014591" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See notification service</a></p>
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<h3>NS</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id015212#id015212" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See neighbour solicitation message</a></p>
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<h3>NS</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id03545#id03545" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network service</a></p>
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<h3>NS</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id08438#id08438" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See name server</a></p>
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<h3>NS SDU</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id011197#id011197" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network service data unit</a></p>
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<h3>NS-VC</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id08987#id08987" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network service virtual connection</a></p>
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<h3>NS-VCI</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id08991#id08991" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network service virtual connection identifier</a></p>
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<h3>NS-VL</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id08988#id08988" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network service virtual link</a></p>
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<h3>NS-VLI</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id08989#id08989" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network service virtual link identifier</a></p>
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<h3>NSAP</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id04889#id04889" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network service access point</a></p>
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<h3>NSAP address</h3>

<p>global address as defined for OSI which is understandable over any network and can be used to address between networks</p>
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<h3>NSAPI</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id08925#id08925" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network layer service access point identifier</a></p>
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<h3>NSDU</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id011197#id011197" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network service data unit</a></p>
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<h3>NSE</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id011243#id011243" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network service virtual connection group</a></p>
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<h3>NSE</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id011307#id011307" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network service entity</a></p>
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<h3>NSEI</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id08986#id08986" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network service entity identifier</a></p>
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<h3>nslookup</h3>

<p>Unix command for querying Internet domain name servers (DNS)</p>
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<h3>NSM</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id016927#id016927" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network and service management</a></p>
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<h3>NSM</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id016954#id016954" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See subscription manager</a></p>
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<h3>NSM directory</h3>

<p>part of the Nokia Subscription Manager that is used for publishing user profile data</p>
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<h3>NSM proxy</h3>

<p>proxy that acts as a virtual LDAP directory that does the translations needed to make the network operator's or service provider's existing central user profile repository look identical to the LDAP schema and directory tree pre-programmed into the intelligent content delivery (ICD) elements</p>
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<h3>NSM server</h3>

<p>part of the Nokia Subscription Manager that contains the business logic for subscriptions, end-user management, and provisioning</p>
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<h3>NSM service catalogue; <em>service catalogue</em></h3>

<p>catalogue that includes all available intelligent content delivery (ICD) services and that is stored in NSM</p>
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<h3>NSM services configuration file; <em>services configuration file</em></h3>

<p>configuration file that contains all necessary data about the services controlled by the Nokia Subscription Manager (NSM)</p>
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<h3>NSMN</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id04497#id04497" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See national mobile number</a></p>
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<h3>NSN</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id0341#id0341" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See national significant number</a></p>
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<h3>NSP</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id04356#id04356" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See national signalling point</a></p>
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<h3>NSP</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id04365#id04365" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network service part</a></p>
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<h3>NSP</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id09466#id09466" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network service provider</a></p>
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<h3>NSS</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id08445#id08445" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network subsystem</a></p>
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<h3>NT</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id03970#id03970" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network termination</a></p>
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<h3>NT</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id014856#id014856" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See non-transparent transmission</a></p>
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<h3>NT core</h3>

<p>part of the Network Element Management Unit (NEMU) system that forms the basic programming and execution environment of NEMU software</p>
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<h3>NT core service</h3>

<p>service that NT core offers</p>
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<h3>NT1</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id010781#id010781" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network termination 1</a></p>
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<h3>NT2</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id010782#id010782" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network termination 2</a></p>
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<h3>NTFY</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id017170#id017170" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See notify message</a></p>
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<h3>NTP</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id010002#id010002" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network time protocol</a></p>
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<h3>NU tone</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id02238#id02238" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See special information tone</a></p>
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<h3>NUD</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id015213#id015213" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See neighbour unreachability detection</a></p>
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<h3>NULL</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id017132#id017132" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See null encryption algorithm</a></p>
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<h3>NULL</h3>

<p>process instance identifier which does not denote any process</p>
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<h3>null encryption</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id017132#id017132" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See null encryption algorithm</a></p>
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<h3>null encryption algorithm; <em>null encryption</em>; <em>NULL</em></h3>

<p>cryptographic algorithm which does not alter plaintext data, but provides the means for encapsulating security payload (ESP) to provide authentication and integrity without confidentiality</p>
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<h3>null RA</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id011244#id011244" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See null routing area</a></p>
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<h3>null routing area; <em>null RA</em></h3>

<p>routing area that does not support GPRS services</p>
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<h3>number</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id01317#id01317" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See digit sequence</a></p>
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<h3>number analysis</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id0802#id0802" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See digit analysis</a></p>
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<h3>number conversion; <em>number modification</em>; <em>number translation</em></h3>

<p>feature used in translating the received call number into the international number format</p>
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<h3>number destination; <em>direction</em>; <em>destination</em></h3>

<p>Information indicating the location of the called subscriber in relation to the exchange concerned. It is determined by the first digits of the number sequence to be analysed</p>
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<h3>number destination load observation</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id08773#id08773" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See destination load observation</a></p>
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<h3>number destination measurement; <em>destination measurement</em>; <em>directional measurement</em></h3>

<p>traffic measurement which produces information on traffic intensity on different number destinations</p>
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<h3>number destination measurement report</h3>

<p>measurement report which shows the number and type of calls or call attempts received in each number destination defined for the measurement during the results accumulation period</p>
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<h3>number destination to number destination measurement</h3>

<p>measurement which shows the number and type of calls or call attempts received in each defined number destination pair during the results accumulation period</p>
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<h3>number extension; <em>number range extension</em></h3>

<p>feature which offers the network operator an MML interface for adding or modifying digits in the numbers and addresses</p>
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<h3>number identification supplementary services</h3>

<p>supplementary services with which the user can identify the calling party (calling line identification presentation) and called party (connected line identification presentation) and, if required, prevent the identification of a subscriber (calling line identification restriction and connected line identification restriction)</p>
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<h3>number incomplete indicator</h3>

<p>indicator showing whether the delivered number is complete or incomplete</p>
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<h3>number modification</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id04868#id04868" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See number conversion</a></p>
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<h3>number of used units at a time</h3>

<p>amount of remaining credit units which is brought into use at a time with the purpose of making the use of several simultaneously active connections possible to the user</p>
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<h3>number portability; <em>local number portability</em>; <em>NP</em></h3>

<p>function which allows the end users to retain the same telephone number as they switch from one service provider to another</p>
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<h3>number portability administration centre service management system /US/; <em>NPAC-SMS</em></h3>

<p>service management system responsible for storing and broadcasting updates to a service provider's number portability database (NPDB) within a certain region for ported directory numbers</p>
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<h3>number portability cluster</h3>

<p>set of GSM networks between which mobile subscriber international ISDN numbers may be ported</p>
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<h3>number portability database; <em>NPDB</em></h3>

<p>database containing a list of ported numbers and associated location routing numbers used for number portability routing</p>
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<h3>number portability domain; <em>portability domain</em></h3>

<p>set of GSM public land mobile networks (PLMN) in a country between which the mobile subscriber international ISDN numbers (MSISDN) may be ported</p>
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<h3>number portability prefix</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id010462#id010462" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See NP prefix</a></p>
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<h3>number range</h3>

<p>consecutive set of numbers</p>
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<h3>number range extension</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id013164#id013164" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See number extension</a></p>
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<h3>number range owner network</h3>

<p>network to which the number range containing the ported number has been allocated</p>
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<h3>number repetition, last number dialled, automatic registration</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id02236#id02236" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See last number redial</a></p>
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<h3>number translation</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id04868#id04868" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See number conversion</a></p>
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<h3>number translation rule</h3>

<p>rule which makes it possible to resolve the subscriber number based on the prefix of a short number and vice versa, thus enabling the use of virtual private network (VPN) short numbers within the number range subscriber</p>
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<h3>number unobtainable tone</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id02238#id02238" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See special information tone</a></p>
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<h3>number-range member</h3>

<p>subscriber who belongs to a user group that covers a certain number range</p>
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<h3>numbering area; <em>numbering plan area /US/</em>; <em>NPA /US/</em></h3>

<p>geographical area within which no two terminals will have the same subscriber number</p>
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<h3>numbering plan; <em>NP</em></h3>

<p>signalling connection control part (SCCP) code that forms a part of the descriptive information included in some global title formats</p>
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<h3>numbering plan area /US/</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id05112#id05112" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See numbering area</a></p>
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<h3>numbering plan indicator</h3>

<p>indicator sent in association with a number to indicate the numbering plan used for that number</p>
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<h3>numbering plan organisation; <em>NPA</em></h3>

<p>entity that is responsible for the administration and assignment of numbers or number blocks within a national numbering plan</p>
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<h3>numbering-area specific service number</h3>

<p>service number in use in one numbering area, only</p>
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<h3>numerical aperture; <em>NA</em></h3>

<p>sine of one-half of the vertex angle of the largest cone of meridional rays that can enter or leave an optical system or element, multiplied by the refractive index of the propagation medium in which the cone is located</p>
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<h3>NVD</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id018669#id018669" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See non-volatile data</a></p>
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<h3>NVFS</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id021195#id021195" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network virtual file system</a></p>
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<h3>NVRAM</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id016763#id016763" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See non-volatile random access memory</a></p>
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<h3>NVS</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id07580#id07580" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See non-volatile memory</a></p>
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<h3>NVT</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id018578#id018578" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network virtual terminal</a></p>
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<h3>NW</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id010088#id010088" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See new</a></p>
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<h3>NW</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id016761#id016761" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network</a></p>
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<h3>NWI</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id09233#id09233" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network interface</a></p>
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<h3>NWI3</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id012168#id012168" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network interface for 3rd generation networks</a></p>
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<h3>NWI3 adapter</h3>

<p>adapter which is used to implement the network interface for 3rd generation networks (NWI3)</p>
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<h3>NX2S interface</h3>

<p>southbound XML interface that supports basic configuration management (BCM), fault management (FM), and performance management (PM)</p>
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<h3>NXX</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id013168#id013168" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See office code</a></p>
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