nominal

In name only, but not in reality. A T1 circuit sometimes is described as having a nominal transmission rate of 1.5 Mbps, although in reality the signaling rate is 1.544 Mbps and its payload is 1.536 Mbps.

It is easier to say one point five Megabits per second or one and a half Megabits per second than one point five four four Megabits per second. It is not exact, but it is close enough for all but the most obnoxious purists. Similarly, an E-1 is generally described as having a transmission rate of 2 Mbps, although in reality the signaling rate is 2.048 Mbps and the payload is 1.92 Mbps. See also payload, signaling rate, and transmission rate.

• Nonpersistent CSMA (Nonpersistent Carrier Sense Multiple Access)
• non-real-time (nrt)
• non real-time variable bit rate (nrt-VBR)
• non-repudiation
• non-return-to-zero (NRZ)
• non-wireline carrier
• non-wireline carrier
• Nordic Mobile Telephone (NMT)
• Nordic Mobile Telephone (NMT)
• normal
• North American Numbering Council (NANC)
• North American Numbering Plan (NANP)
• North American Time Division Multiple Access (NA-TDMA)
• NOS (Network Operating System)
• notation
• Not To Act Like It)
• Novel Services)
• NPAC (Number Portability Administration Center)
• NPA (Numbering Plan Administration)
• N-PCS (Narrowband Personal Communications Services)
• NREN (National Research and Education Network)
• nrt
• nrt-VBR (non real-time Variable Bit Rate)
• NRZ (Non-Return-to-Zero)
• NSF (National Science Foundation)