NREN (National Research and Education Network)

The first (1990) asynchronous transfer mode

(ATM) network in the United States, NREN was a test-bed gigabit network sponsored by the Advanced

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• NMS (Network Management System)
• NMT 450 (Nordic Mobile Telephone 450 MHz)
• NMT 450 (Nordic Mobile Telephone 450 MHz)
• NMT 900 (Nordic Mobile Telephone 900 MHz)
• NMT 900 (Nordic Mobile Telephone 900 MHz)
• NMT (Nordic Mobile Telephone)
• n (nano-)
• NNI (Network-to-Network Interface)
• NN (Network Neutrality)
• NOC (Network Operations Center)
• node
• noise
• nominal
• non-blocking
• non-deterministic
• non-dialable toll points
• non dispersion-shifted fiber (NDSF)
• non-facility associated signaling (NFAS)
• non-line-of-sight (NLOS)
• nonpersistent carrier sense multiple access (Nonpersistent CSMA)
• 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)