USB (Universal Serial Bus)

A serial bus with a data transfer rate of 12 Mbps for connecting a micro-

computer to peripherals such as keyboards, mice, printers, and digital cameras through a single, general purpose port. USB is a considerable improvement over the RS-232 interface, but does not compare favorably with IEEE 1394, also known as FireWire in the Apple computer domain. See also 1394, bus, FireWire, IEEE, microcomputer, peripheral, port, RS-232, and serial.

• Narrowband ISDN (N-ISDN)
• Narrowband PCS (Narrowband Personal Communications Services or N-PCS)
• Narrowband TACS (NTACS)
• Narrowband Total Access Communications System (NTACS)
• narrowcast
• NAS
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• nationalize
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• native
• NAT (Network Address Translation)
• natural monopoly
• NBS (National Bureau of Standards)
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• NCP
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