Newsgroup
Definition: A virtual forum focusing on a specific subject. The collected email entries (known as news articles) can be perused by all Internet users. Need another definition?
NIC
Definition: Network interface card. An expansion card that allows a computer to connect to a network. Need another definition?
NOC
Definition: Network Operations Center, a unit of IET-Communications Resources. See the NOC Web site. Need another definition?
NOS
Definition: Network operating system. An operating system that includes extra capabilities for connecting computers and devices into a local area network. Need another definition?
NRP (Network Resource Planning)
Definition: NRP is the planning, scheduling, and control of a computer network. What This Means: NRP includes all the planning and design necessary to ensure a network works as required. NRP includes documentation writing and network diagramming, analyses of traffic and congestion, ...
NSF
Definition: National Science Foundation. Need another definition?
OCR
Definition: Optical character recognition. Refers both to the process of scanning text from a printed page into a digital text file, and to the type of software that carries out this process. Need another definition?
ODBC (Open Database Connectivity)
Definition: ODBC is a database programming interface from Microsoft that provides a common language for Windows applications to access databases on a network. What This Means: For client/serverdatabase systems such as Oracle and SQL Server, the ODBC driver provides links to their ...
ODS (Operational Data Store)
Definition: A database designed to integrate data from multiple sources to make analysis and reporting easier. Because the data originates from multiple sources, the integration often involves cleaning, resolving redundancy, and checking against business rules for integrity. What This Means: The ODS ...
Office
Definition: Responsible Office is the office responsible for the particular grouping of data (i.e., Collection, Repository, etc). What This Means: A term that is functional for users of ESP's metadata dictionary tool, called DataSpecs. DataSpecs is used when developing an education agency's ...
