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| Narrowband: |
Used to describe a connection over a computer
network which supports a relatively low bit rate.
Also sometimes used to describe content optimized
for such connections. |
| Narrowcast: |
To send data to a specific list of recipients.
On the Internet, narrowcasting has also come to
refer to programming developed for "niche"
interest groups. |
| Net congestion: |
Describes a situation that occurs when there is
some significant and unexpected delay between the
server's transmission of bits and the client's reception
of them. |
| New Media: |
Term used to describe relatively new forms of
media distribution such as the Internet, CD-ROM,
DVD, etc. |
| Nonlinear Editing: |
Describes the process of editing audio or video
where the entire video is available at any given
moment for mixing and matching. Nonlinear video
editing is to traditional video editing as word
processing is to pen and paper. |
| NT: |
Short for Windows NT, an operating system from
Microsoft usually found on servers. |
| NTSC: |
(National Television Standards Committee) - A
set of standard protocols developed in 1953 for
the broadcast/ reception of television signals within
the United States. It has remained the same since
its inception except for the addition of new parameters
for the color signal. NTSC scans 525 lines in each
image. |
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