N

Network Socket
A special device file that reprensents a communications connection, usually to another program on another computer over the network.

NetBios
NetBios is Microsoft's name for their filesharing protocol. In the Unix and Macintosh worlds, it is called SMB.

NFS - Network File System
Sun Microcomputer's Network File System is a filesharing protocol that has become a standard in the Unix community.

See also AFP and SMB.

NIS - Network Information Service
Sun Microcomputer's Network Information Service is a nameserver system that maintains lists of computer hosts, users, groups, and other configuration information.

NIS was previously called YP for Yellow Pages, but the name overlapped a trademark by AT&T so Sun changed it.


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