.net
Domain suffix used to denote network domains. It is the second most commonly used domain suffix on the Internet.

.net domains are commonly registered by webmasters if the dot com suffix is no longer available. However webmasters should be aware of trademark or copyright issues involved.

Name Servers
A computer that performs the mapping of easily remembered domain names to IP addresses. Sometimes referred to as a host server.

Neomail
Name of web based email program commonly available with most Cpanel based web hosting plans.

Netiquette
Informal set of rules that should be followed when using internet services like email, message boards and newsgroups. Describes what it means to be "well behaved" while interacting with other people online.

Netizen
Derived from the term citizen, referring to a citizen of the Internet, or someone who uses networked resources. The term connotes civic responsibility and participation.

Netscape®
A WWW Browser and the name of a company. The Netscape (tm) browser was originally based on the Mosaic program developed at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA).

Network
Any time you connect two or more computers together so that they can share resources, you have a computer network. Connect two or more networks together and you have an internet.

Network Management
Network management can be defined as a set of activities (e.g. network monitoring, gathering and analyzing the statistics, adjusting network configuration) performed in order to increase the network performance and availability.

Newsgroup
The name for discussion groups on USENET. A virtual Internet place where people exchange thoughts, ideas and interests, amuse themselves and do a zillion other things, all by means of text messages.

Newsreader
An application that allows to use newsgroups.

NIC
Networked Information Center. Generally, any office that handles information for a network. The most famous of these on the Internet is Network Solutions, which is where new domain names are registered.

Another definition: NIC also refers to Network Interface Card which plugs into a computer and adapts the network interface to the appropriate standard. ISA, PCI, and PCMCIA cards are all examples of NICs.

NNTP
Network News Transport Protocol. The protocol used by client and server software to carry USENET postings back and forth over a TCP/IP network. If you are using any of the more common software such as Netscape, Nuntius, Internet Explorer, etc. to participate in newsgroups then you are benefiting from an NNTP connection.

Node
Any single computer connected to a network.

NT
Windows NT® is Microsoft's® 32-bit operating system developed from what was originally intended to be OS/2 3.0 before Microsoft ®and IBM ceased joint development of OS/2. Used by web hosting companies in the network environment to offer customers support for Microsoft base products such as MS Access®, MS SQL® 7.0, and FrontPage® 2000.