Users Guide

Glossary 197
MPEG
Acronym for Motion Picture Experts Group. MPEG is a digital video file format.
ms
Abbreviation for millisecond(s).
name
The name of an object or variable is the exact string that identifies it in an
SNMP Management Information Base (MIB) file or in a CIM Management
Object File (MOF).
NDS
Abbreviation for Novell Directory Service.
NIC
Acronym for network interface card.
NIS
Abbreviation for Network Information Services. NIS is a network naming and
administration system for smaller networks. A user at any host can get access to
files or applications on any host in the network with a single user identification
and password.
noninterlaced
A technique for decreasing screen flicker by sequentially refreshing each
horizontal line on the screen.
ns
Abbreviation for nanosecond(s), one billionth of a second.
NTFS
Abbreviation for the Microsoft Windows NT
®
File System option in the Windows
NT operating system. NTFS is an advanced file system designed for use specifically
within the Windows NT operating system. It supports file system recovery,
extremely large storage media, and long file names. It also supports object-oriented
applications by treating all files as objects with user-defined and system-defined
attributes. See also FAT and FAT32.