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| N | Not Classified But Sensitive |
| n | Nano |
| N-6 | Space, Command, Control, Communications and Computer Systems Directorate of the Chief of Naval Operations |
| N-ISDN | Narrowband Integrated Services Digital Network |
| N-ISUP | Narrowband ISDN User Part |
| N-Layer | N is set for any layer name (such as link, network, etc.) or for the initial (e.g.N-SDU mean LSDU at the link layer). OSI model definition. |
| N-LLC | Narrowband Logical Link Control |
| N-S | Navier-Stokes |
| N/C | New installation Concept |
| N/P | Not Provided |
| N1 | Fan speed |
| N2 | Intermediate compressor speed |
| N3 | High speed compressor |
| NA | Network Aspects |
| NA | Network Auditor |
| NA | North America |
| NA | Not Applicable |
| NAA | North Atlantic Assembly |
| NAAG | NATO Army Armaments Group |
| NAB | NATO Appeals Board |
| NAB | Naval Amphibious Base |
| NAB | Not A Bug |
| NABEM | Naval Air Battle Evaluation Model |
| NABS | NATO Airbase SATCOM |
| NABTS | North American Basic Teletext |
| NAC | Naval Administrative Command |
| NAC | Naval Avionics Center |
| NAC | North Atlantic Council |
| NACA | National Air Carriers Association |
| NACAM | National COMSEC Advisory Memorandum |
| NACC | North Atlantic Cooperation Council |
| NACCIS | NATO Automated Command and Control Information System |
| NACES | Naval Aircrew Common Ejection Seat |
| NACISA | NATO Communications and Information Agency |
| NACISA | NATO Communications and Information Systems Agency |
| NACISC | NATO Communications and Information Systems Committee |
| NACISO | NATO Communications and Information Systems Organization |
| NACK | Negative Acknowledgment |
| NACLA | National Cooperation for Laboratory Accreditation |
| NACMA | NATO Air Command and Control Management Agency |
| NACMA | NATO Air Command and Control System Management Agency |
| NACMO | NATO Air Command and Control Management Organization |
| NACMO | NATO Air Command and Control System Management Organization |
| NACMO BOD | NATO ACCS Management Organization Board of Directors |
| NACOS | NATO courier Service |
| NACOSA | NATO CIS Operating Systems Agency (formerly NICS COA) |
| NACOSA | NATO CIS Operating and Support Agency |
| NACSAM | National COMSEC Advisory Memorandum |
| NACSEM | National COMSEC Emanations Memorandum |
| NACSI | NATO Advisory Committee on Special Intelligence |
| NACSI | National COMSEC Instruction |
| NACSIM | National COMSEC Information Memorandum |
| NACTWG | Nonproliferation and Arms Control Technology Working Group |
| NAD | National Armaments Director |
| NAD | Naval Aviation Depot |
| NAD | NetworkA ccess Device |
| NADC | NATO Air Defense Committee |
| NADC | Naval Air Development Center |
| NADC | Naval Air Development Center (now Naval Air Warfare Center, NAWC) |
| NADDO | NATO Design and Development Objective |
| NADEES | NATO Air Defense Electronic Environment System |
| NADEFCOL | NATO Defense College |
| NADEP | Naval Aviation Depot |
| NADF | North American Directory Forum |
| NADGE | NATO Air Defense Ground Environment |
| NADIBO | North American Defense Industrial Base Organization |
| NADIN | National Airspace Data Interchange Network |
| NADM-V | NORAD Air Defense Model-Visual |
| NADOC | Naval Aviation Depot Operations Center |
| NADREPS | National Armaments Representatives |
| NAE | National Administrative Expenses |
| NAE | Naval Acquisition Executive |
| NAEC | Naval Aviation Engineering Center |
| NAEGIS | NATO Airborne Early Warning Ground Environment Integration Segment |
| NAEI | Naval Aviation Executive Institute |
| NAESU | Naval Aviation Engineering Service Unit |
| NAEW&C FC | NATO Airborne Early Warning and Control Force Command |
| NAEW&C Force | NATO Airborne Early Warning and Control Force |
| NAEW&CS | NATO Airborne Early Warning and Control System |
| NAF | Non Appropriated Fund |
| NAFAG | NATO Air Force Armaments Group |
| NAFAG | North Atlantic Treaty Organization Air Force Armaments Group |
| NAFB | Not A Fixable Bug |
| NAFP&C | Non Appropriated Fund Purchasing and Contract Course |
| NAFS | NATO Automated Financial System |
| NAFTA | North American Free Trade Agreement |
| NAG | National Armament Goals |
| NAG | Network Architecture Group |
| NAI | Named Area of Interest |
| NAI | Naval Ammunition Interchangeability |
| NAI | Network Access Identifier |
| NAIC | National Air Intelligence Center |
| NAIC | National Air Intelligence Center (USAF) |
| NAIRA | Nuclear Accident/Incident Response and Assistance |
| NAK | Negative Acknowledgment |
| NAK | Negative Acknowledgment control character |
| NAK-NS | Negative Acknowledgment-Not Supported |
| NAK-NU | Negative Acknowledgment-Not Understood |
| NAL | Network Adaptation Layer |
| NAL | Normal Actuation Level |
| NALAG | Network Adaptation Layer Ad hoc Group |
| NALC | Naval Ammunition Logistics Center |
| NALC | Naval Aviation Logistics Command |
| NALC | Navy Ammunition Logistics Code |
| NALCOMIS | Naval Aviation Logistics Command Information System |
| NALCOMIS | Naval Aviation Logistics Command Management Information System |
| NALCOMIS | Naval Aviation Logistics Management Information System |
| NALLA | NATO Allied Long-Lines Agency |
| NALLA | National Long Lines Agency |
| NALMEF | Norway Air Landed Marine Expeditionary Force |
| NALS | National Liaison Staff |
| NALSS | Naval Advanced Logistic Support Site |
| NALTOACS | Navy Laboratory Technical Office Automation and Communication System |
| NAM | Network Assessment Model |
| NAM | Number Assignment Module |
| NAMAS | National Measurement Accreditation Service |
| NAMAT | Naval and Maritime Tactical code |
| NAMFI | NATO Missile Firing Installation |
| NAMILCOM | North Atlantic Military Committee |
| NAMLS | Naval Automated Medical Logistics System |
| NAMO | Naval Air Maintenance Office |
| NAMP | NATO Annual Manpower Plan |
| NAMP | Naval Aviation Maintenance Program |
| NAMS | Network Analysisand Management System |
| NAMSA | NATO Maintenance and Supply Agency |
| NAMSO | NATO Maintenance and Supply Organization |
| NAMT | Naval Air Maintenance Trainer |
| NaN | Not a Number |
| NANC | North American Numbering Council |
| NANP | North American Numbering Plan |
| NANPA | North American Numbering Plan Administrator |
| NAOC | National Airborne Operations Center |
| NAOCC | NATO Air Operation Coordination Center |
| NAP | Network Access Point |
| NAP | Network Access Protocol |
| NAP | Network Access Provider |
| NAPDD | Non-Acquisition Program Definition Document |
| NAPHSIS | National Association for Public Health Statistics and Information Systems |
| NAPLPS | North American Presentation Level Protocol Syntax |
| NAPMA | NATO AEW&C (Airborne Early Warning and Control) Program Management Agency |
| NAPMO | NATO AEW&C (Airborne Early Warning and Control) Program Management Organization |
| NAPR | NATO Armaments Planning Review |
| NAPS | Navy Automated Publishing System |
| NAPT | Network Address Port Translation |
| NAPTR | Naming Authority Pointer |
| NAQP | National Association of Quick Printers |
| NAR | Narrow |
| NAR | Naval Air Reserve |
| NAR | Numbering, Addressing and Routing |
| NARA | National Archives and Records Administration |
| NARACS | National Radio Communications System |
| NARDAC | Navy Regional Data Automation |
| NARDAC | Navy Regional Data Automation Center |
| NARDIC | Navy Acquisition, Research and Development Information Center |
| NARF | Naval Air Rework Facility |
| NARF | Navy Air Rework Facility |
| NARM | Navy Resource Model |
| NARSAP | National Advanced Remote Sensing Application Program (USGS) |
| NAS | National Airspace System |
| NAS | National Academy of Sciences |
| NAS | Naval Air Station |
| NAS | Network Access Servers |
| NAS | Network Attached Storage |
| NAS | Networked Attached Storage |
| NAS | Numerical Aerospace Simulation |
| NAS/TRB | National Academy of Science,Transportation Research Board |
| NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| NASA DFRC | NASA Dryden Flight Research Center |
| NASD | Network Attached Storage Device |
| NASI | NetWare Asynchronous Services Interface |
| NASIP | Navy Airframe Structural Integrity Program |
| NASIS | NATO Subject Indicator System |
| NASM | National Air & Space (warfare) Model |
| NASM | National Air & Space Museum |
| NASM | National Air and Space Model |
| NASNET | Naval Aviation Simulator Network Training |
| NASP | NATO Ammunition Supply Point |
| NASP | National Aerospace Plane |
| NASPALS | NAS Precision Approach and Landing System |
| NASRNG | Network Access Server Requirements |
| NAT | North Atlantic Region |
| NAT | Network Address Translation |
| NAT SPG | North Atlantic Systems Planning Group |
| NATC | Naval Air Test Center |
| NATCA | National Association of Air Traffic Controllers |
| NATIBO | North American Technology and Industrial Base Organization |
| NATINAD | NATO Integrated Air Defense (replaced by NATINEAD) |
| NATINADS | NATO Integrated Air Defense System (replaced by NATINEADS) |
| NATINEAD | NATO Integrated Extended Air Defense |
| NATINEADS | NATO Integrated Extended Air Defense System |
| NATIP | NATO Information and Press Office |
| NATIS | North Atlantic Treaty Information Service |
| NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| NATO FORACS | NATO Naval Forces sensors and Weapons Accuracy Check Site |
| NATOCLIP | NATO CommandersÕrsquo; Long-term infrastructure Plan |
| NATOPS | Naval Air Training and Operating Procedures Standardization |
| NATOPS | Naval Air Training and Operational Procedures Standardization |
| NATRSSIG | ICAO North Atlantic Reduced Separation Standard Implementation Group |
| NATS | North Atlantic Track System UK National Air Traffic Services |
| NATSF | Naval Air Technical Services Facility |
| NATSF | Naval Air Technical Support Facility |
| NATSIM | National Simulation |
| NATSIM | National Simulation System |
| NATTC | Naval Air Technical Training Center |
| NAU | NATO accounting Unit |
| NAU | Network Addressable Unit |
| Nautical Mile (nmi) | Equivalent to 6,076.1 feet, or approximately 1.15 statute miles. |
| NAV | Navigation |
| NAV/COM | Navigation/Communication |
| NAVAID | Navigational Aid |
| NAVAID | Navigation Aid |
| NAVAIDS | Navigation Aids |
| NAVAIR | Naval Air Systems Command |
| NAVAIRLANT | Naval Air Force Atlantic Fleet |
| NAVAIRPAC | Naval Air Force Pacific Fleet |
| NAVAIRSYSCOM | Naval Air Systems Command |
| NAVAREA | Navigation Area |
| NAVBALTAP | Naval Forces Baltic Approaches |
| NAVBEACHGRU | Naval Beach Group |
| NAVBEACHGRU TWO | Naval Beach Group Two |
| NAVCAMSEASTPAC | Naval Communications Area Master Station Eastern Pacific |
| NAVCAMSLANT | Naval Communications Area Master Station Atlantic |
| NAVCHAPGRU | Navy Cargo Handling and Port Group |
| NAVCIPS | Navy Standard Civilian Pay System |
| NAVCIRT | Naval Computer Incident Response Team |
| NAVCOMPT | Navy Comptroller |
| NAVCOMPTSSA | Navy Comptroller Standard System Activity |
| NAVDAC | Naval Data Automation Command |
| NAVDAF | Navy Data Automation Facilities |
| NAVDEC | Network Access Server and Voice on ip Device Control |
| NAVELECSYSCOM | Naval Electronics Systems Command |
| NAVEUR | Naval Command Europe |
| NAVEX | Naval Exercise |
| NAVFAC | Naval Facility Command |
| NAVFACENGCOM | Naval Facilities Engineering Command |
| NAVFACENGCOM | Naval Facility Engineering Command |
| NAVFACSYSCOM | Naval Facilities System Command |
| NAVFOR | Naval Forces |
| NAVICP | Navy’s Inventory Control Point |
| Navigation | A medium holding the customized navigation |
| NAVIS | Navy Automated Video Information System |
| NAVLAP | National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation |
| NAVMACS | Naval Modular Automated Communications System |
| NAVMACS | Naval Modular Automated Communications Systems |
| NAVMASSO | Naval Management Systems Support Office |
| NAVMAT | Naval Material Command |
| NAVMATCOM | Naval Material Command |
| NAVMC | Navy Marine Corps |
| NAVMIC | Naval Maritime Intelligence Center |
| NAVMTO | Navy Material Transportation Office |
| NAVNET | Naval Network |
| NAVNON | Naval Forces North Norway |
| NAVNORTH | Naval Forces North |
| NAVNORTHWEST | Naval Forces North-Western Europe (replaced by NAVNORTH) |
| NAVO | Naval Oceanographic Office |
| NAVOCFORMED | Naval On-Call Force Mediterranean (replaced by STANAVFORMED) |
| NAVORDSAFSECACT | Naval Ordnance Safety & Security Activity |
| NAVORSTA | Naval Ordnance Station |
| NAVPRO | Naval Plant Representative Office |
| NAVREF | National Association of Veterans’ Research and Education Foundation |
| NAVSAFCEN | Naval Safety Center |
| NAVSAT | Navigation Satellite |
| NAVSEA | Naval Sea Systems Command |
| NAVSEASYSCOM | Naval Sea Systems Command |
| NAVSEC | Naval Ship Engineering Center |
| NAVSHIPSYSCOM | Naval Ship Systems Command |
| NAVSONOR | Naval Forces South Norway |
| NAVSOUTH | Naval Forces South |
| NAVSPECWARGRU | Naval Special Warfare Group |
| NAVSSI | Navigation Sensor System Interface |
| NAVSTA | Naval Station |
| NAVSTAR | The NAVSTAR global positioning system (GPS) is a system using 24 satellites,all reporting precise time signals,along with location keys. Eight satellites are in each of three 63-degree inclined plane circular orbits at 11,000 nmi in altitude. The system is used for navigation and determining exact position. |
| NAVSUP | Naval Supply Systems Command |
| NAVSUPFAC | Naval Supply Facility |
| NAVSUPINST | Naval Supply Instruction |
| NAVSUPSYSCOM | Naval Supply Systems Command |
| NAVTAG | Naval Tactical Gaming |
| NavTEL | Navigational Test and Evaluation Laboratory |
| NAVTEX | Worldwide Navigational Warning System |
| NAVTIP | Naval Telecommunications Infrastructure Project |
| NAVTIP | Navy Training Improvement Program |
| NAVTRASYSCEN | Naval Training Systems Center |
| NAVWPNCEN | Naval Weapons Center |
| NAWAS | National Attack Warning System |
| NAWC | Naval Air Warfare Center |
| NB | Narrow Band |
| NB | Narrowband |
| NBA | None-Blocking Architecture |
| NBAA | National Business Aircraft Association |
| NBB | Non Blocking Bus |
| NBC | Non-backward Compatible |
| NBC | Nuclear, Biological and Chemical |
| NBC | Nuclear, Biological, Chemical |
| NBC ACC | Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Area Control Center |
| NBC CC | Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Collection Center |
| NBC CC | Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Control Center |
| NBC SCC | Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Subcollection Center |
| NBC ZCC | Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Zone Control Center |
| NBCD | Network Based Collaborative Development |
| NBCD | Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Defense |
| NBDG | New Business Development Group |
| NBFM | Narrow Band Frequency Modulation |
| NBG | Naval Beach Group |
| NBI | Nuclear Burst Indicator |
| NBP | Naval Beach Party |
| NBS | National Bureau of Standards |
| NBS | National Bureau of Standards (now NIST) |
| NBS | National Bureau of Standards (now NIST0 |
| NBS | Network Based Solution |
| NBSP | Narrow Band Signal Power |
| NBST | Narrow Band Secure Terminal |
| NBSV | Narrow Band Secure Voice |
| NBSVE | Narrow Band Secure Voice Equipment |
| NBV | None Bus Vectored |
| NC | Numerical Control |
| NC | NATO Civilian |
| NC | NATO Confidential |
| NC | Network Codes |
| NC | Network Computer |
| NC-C | Network Computer-Client |
| NC-S | Network Computer-Server |
| NC3-IC | NATO C3 integration Center |
| NC3A | NATO Consultation, Command and Control Agency |
| NC3B | NATO Consultation, Command and Control Board |
| NC3O | NATO Consultation, Command and Control Organization |
| NCA | National Command Authority |
| NCA | National Command Authorities |
| NCA | Navy Center for Cost Analysis |
| NCAA | NATO Civil Aviation Agency |
| NCAB | NATO Civil Aviation Board |
| NCAB | Navy Contract Adjustment Board |
| NCAG | Network Commonality Ad Hoc Group |
| NCAGS | Naval Cooperation and Guidance for Shipping |
| NCAGSEX | Naval Coordination and Guidance for Shipping Exercise |
| NCAGSLO | Naval Cooperation and Guidance for Shipping Liaison Officer |
| NCAGSORG | Naval Cooperation and Guidance for Shipping Organization |
| NCaps | Capabilities with No sub-fields |
| NCAR | National Center for Atmospheric Research |
| NCARAI | Navy Center for Applied Research in Artificial Intelligence |
| NCARAI | Navy Center for Applied Research in Artificial Intelligence (at NRL) |
| NCARC | NATO Conventional Armaments Review Committee |
| NCAT | National Center for Advanced Technologies |
| NCB | National Codification Bureau |
| NCC | NORAD Command Center |
| NCC | National Computing Centre |
| NCC | National Coordinating Center |
| NCC | National Coordinating Center (NCS) |
| NCC | Navy Component Command |
| NCC | Network Control Center |
| NCCA | Naval Center for Cost Analysis |
| NCCAP | NATO CIS Contingency Assets Pool |
| NCCD | Nuclear Command and Control Document |
| NCCOSC | Naval Command and Control Ocean Surveillance Center |
| NCCP | Nuclear Command and Control Procedure |
| NCCPM | Navy Command and Control Process Model |
| NCCS | NATO Command and Control System |
| NCCS | Naval Command and Control System - Ashore |
| NCCS | Navy Command and Control System Program |
| NCCS-A | Naval Command and Control System - Afloat |
| NCD | No Computed Data |
| NCD | Network Computing Device |
| NCDC | National Climatic Data Center |
| NCDT | Non Chargeable Down Time |
| NCE | NSSMS Common Enclosure |
| NCEP | NATO Civil Emergency Planning |
| NCF | NATO Composite Force |
| NCF | Naval Construction Force |
| NCGA | National Computer Graphics Association |
| NCHF | Navy Cargo Handling Force |
| NCIPB | National Counter Intelligence Policy Board |
| NCIS | NATO Common Interoperability Standards |
| NCIS | Naval Criminal Intelligence Command |
| NCIS | Naval Criminal Investigation Service |
| NCIS | Naval Criminal Investigative Service |
| NCISS | NATO Communications and Information Systems School |
| NCIT | Network Centric Information Technology |
| NCITNTS | Network Centric Information Technology, Networking, Telephony, and Security |
| NCITS | National Committee for Information Technology Standards |
| NCL | Night Carrier Landing |
| NCLS | Non-Commented Logical Statements |
| NCMA | National Contract Management Association |
| NCMP | Navy Capabilities and Mobilization Plan |
| NCMS | National Center for Manufacturing Sciences |
| NCMS | Navy Configuration Management System |
| NCN | NATO Circuit Number |
| NCN/NTR | NATO Communications Network/Near Term Review |
| NCO | National Coordination Office for the HPCC Program |
| NCO | Non-Commissioned Officer |
| NCO | Noncommissioned Officer |
| NCOA | NonCommissioned Officer Academy |
| NCOIC | Non-Commissioned Officer In Charge |
| NCOIC | NonCommissioned Officer In Charge |
| NCP | National Contingency Plan |
| NCP | NetWare Core Protocol |
| NCP | Network Connection Point |
| NCP | Network Control Point |
| NCP | Network Control Program |
| NCPEG | Navy Contractor Performance Evaluation Group |
| NCPII | Fleet Interface for Navy Communications Processing and Routing Re-engineered Systems |
| NCPR | NATO Civilian Personnel Regulations |
| NCR | National Cash Register |
| NCR | NATO Commander’s Representative |
| NCR | National Capital Region |
| NCRP | National Council of Radiation Protection and Measurement |
| NCS | Network Coordination Station |
| NCS | NATO Command Structure |
| NCS | NATO Committee for Standardization |
| NCS | NATO codification System |
| NCS | National Communications System |
| NCS | National Cryptologic School |
| NCS | National Cyber Security |
| NCS | Naval Control of Shipping |
| NCS | Net Control Station |
| NCS | Network Call Signaling |
| NCS | Network Computing System |
| NCS | Network Control Station |
| NCS | Node Control System |
| NCS | Non-Critical Sensitive |
| NCS/DISA-GOSC | National Communications System/Defense Information Systems Agency-Global Operations Security Center |
| NCSA | National Center for Supercomputing Applications |
| NCSA | National Computer Security Association |
| NCSC | National Computer Security Center |
| NCSC | National Computer Security Classification |
| NCSD | National Communications Systems Directive |
| NCSD | National Cyber Security Division |
| NCSEX | Naval Control of Shipping Exercise (replaced by NCAGSEX) |
| NCSL | National Computer System Laboratory |
| NCSL | National Computer Systems Laboratory (NIST) |
| NCSL | National Conference of Standards Laboratory |
| NCSLO | Naval Control of Shipping Liaison Officer (replaced by NCAGSLO) |
| NCSO | Naval Control of Shipping Officer |
| NCSO | Naval Control of Shipping Organization |
| NCSORG | Naval Control of Shipping Organization (replaced by NCAGSORG) |
| NCSRC | Naval Control of Shipping regional Commander |
| NCSRM | NCS Regional Manager |
| NCSS | Non-Commented Source Statements |
| NCTA | National Cable Television Association |
| NCTAMS | Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Station |
| NCTC | Naval Computer and Telecommunications Command |
| NCTE | Network Channel terminating Equipment |
| NCTE | Network Circuit Terminating Equipment |
| NCTF | Naval Computer and Telecommunications Facility |
| NCTR | Non-Cooperative Target Recognition |
| NCTS | Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station |
| NCW | Naval Coastal Warfare |
| NCW | Network Centric Warfare |
| NCWA | NATO Civil Wartime Agency |
| NCWC | Naval Coastal Warfare Commander |
| NCWGRU | Naval Coastal Warfare Group |
| ND | Navigation Display. An EFIS presentation substituting for the horizontal situation indicator (HSI). |
| ND | Normal Deployment |
| ND | Nose Down |
| NDA | Non-Disclosure Agreement |
| NDAC | Nuclear Defense Affairs Committee |
| NDAD | Non-Deepwater Aviation Demands |
| NDAG | NATO Data Administration Group |
| NDATS | Naval Data Automation Technical Standard |
| NDB | Non-Directional Radio Beacon. A ground station designed specifically for ADF use that operates in the 190-to-550-kHz range. Transmits a continuous carrier with either 400-or-1020 Hz modulation (keyed) to provide identification. |
| NDB | Navigation Data Base (as stored in FMC memory) |
| NDB | Networked DataBase Service |
| NDB | Non-Directional Beacon |
| NDB | Nuclear Depth Bomb |
| NDB | Navigation Data Base |
| NDC | National Destination Code |
| NDC | National Dispatch Center |
| NDDS | Navigation Data Distribution System |
| NDE | Non-Destructive Evaluation |
| NDE | Nondestructive Evaluation |
| NDI | Non-Developmental Item |
| NDI | Non-Destructive Inspection |
| NDI | Non-Development Item |
| NDIA | Nation Defense Industrial Association |
| NDIA | National Defense Industrial Association |
| NDIA | National Defense Industrial Association) Conference Proceedings |
| NDIC | NATO Defense Information Complex |
| NDIS | Network Driver Interface Specification |
| NDL | Network Data Language |
| NDL | Network Database Language |
| NDMA | NATO Data Management Authority |
| NDMAA | NATO Defense Manpower Audit Authority |
| NDMC | NATO Defense Manpower Committee |
| NDMMSC | NATO Defense Manpower Management Survey Capability (replaced by NDMAA) |
| NDMS | National Disaster Medical System |
| NDP | National Defense Panel |
| NDP | Numerical Data Processor |
| NDPR | NATO Defense Planning Review |
| NDR | Negative Differential Resistance |
| NDR | Network Data Representation |
| NDRF | National Defense Reserve Fleet |
| NDRO | Non-Destructive Read Out |
| NDRP | No Date Related Processing |
| NDS | NPIC (National Photographic Intelligence Center) Data Server |
| NDS | Network Directory Services |
| NDS | Non Developmental Software |
| NDS | Non-Development Software |
| NDS | Non-developmental software |
| NDS | Novell Directory Services |
| NDSS | NATO Depot Support System |
| NDSS | Network Directed System Selection |
| NDT | Non-Destructive Testing |
| NDT | Nondestructive Testing |
| NDTI | Non Destructive Testing & Inspection |
| NDU | National Defense University |
| NDU | Navigation Distribution Unit |
| NE | Navy Enlisted |
| NE | Network Element |
| NEACP | National Emergency Airborne Command Post |
| NEADS | North East Air Defense Sector |
| NEAT | Naval Embarked Advisory Team |
| NEAT | Near Earth Asteroid Tracking |
| NEBS | Network Equipment Building System |
| NEC | National Electric Code |
| NEC | National Electrical Code |
| NEC | Navy enlisted classification |
| NEC | Northern European Command |
| NECB | NATO Exercise Coordination Board |
| NECC | National Emergency Coordination Center |
| NECQ | National Electronic Components Quality Assessment System |
| NECS | Navy Embedded Computer System |
| NED | NATO Effective Date |
| NEDALS | Naval Engineering Drawing Asset Locator System |
| NEDALS | Navy Engineering Data Asset Locator System |
| NEDB | NATO Emitter Database |
| NEDDSARS | Naval Engineering Drawings Digital Storage and Repository System |
| NEDP | NATO Exercise Directive and Program |
| NEDSAs | Naval Engineering Drawing Support Activities |
| NEDSS | National Electronic Disease Surveillance System |
| NEG | Negative |
| NELS | NASA Electronic Library System |
| NEM | Network Equipment Manufacturer |
| NEMI | National Electronics Manufacturing Initiative |
| NEMP | Nuclear Electromagnetic Pulse |
| NEMS | National Emergency Management System |
| NENA | National Emergency Number Association |
| NEO | NATO Eyes Only |
| NEO | Near-Earth Object |
| NEO | Non-Combatant Evacuation Operation |
| NEO | Non-Combatant Evacuation Operations |
| NEO | Noncombatant Evacuation Operation |
| NEO | Noncombatant Evacuation Order |
| NEOAP | NAVSUP Experimental Office Automation Project |
| NEOCS | Navy Enlisted Occupational Classification System |
| NEP | Network Entry Point |
| NEPA | National Enviromental Protection Act |
| NEPA | National Environmental Policy Act |
| NEPB | NATO Exercise Policy Board |
| NEPS | North European Pipeline System |
| NEQ | Net Explosive Quantity |
| NERC | UK New En Route Center |
| NERF | Naval Electromagnetic Radiation Facility |
| NERF | Naval Emitter Reference File |
| NERF | Navy Emitter Reference File |
| NERO | National Emergency Response Operations |
| NES | NATO Electronic Warfare Support Measures System |
| NES | National Encryption System |
| NES | Network Encryption System |
| NESC | National Electric Safety Code |
| NESDIS | National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service |
| NESEC | Naval Electronics Systems Engineering Center |
| NESS | NATO Electronic Warfare Support Measures and strike System |
| NESSE | Near Earth Simulated Space Environment |
| NESSE | Near Earth Space Synthetic Environment |
| NEST | Navy Exercise Support Terminal |
| NESU | Naval Engineering Support Units |
| NET | Network Entity Title |
| NET | New Equipment Training |
| NET | No Earlier Than |
| NET | Not Earlier Than |
| NETBIOS | Network Basic Input Output System |
| NETC | Naval Education and Training Command |
| NETCENTS | Network Centric Solutions |
| NETF | NATO Expanded Task Force |
| NETPDC | Naval Education and Training Program Development Center |
| NETPDTC | Naval Education and Training Professional Development and Technology Center |
| NETS | Nationwide Emergency Telecommunications Service |
| NETSC | Naval Education and Training Support Center |
| NETSEC | Network Security |
| NETT | New Equipment Training Team |
| NETWARCOM | Naval Network Warfare Command |
| NETWARS | Network Warfare Simulation |
| NEU | Neutral Merchant Ship |
| NEW | Net Explosive Weight |
| NEWAC | NATO Electronic Warfare Advisory Committee |
| NeWS | Network Window System |
| NEWTS | Naval Electronic Warfare Training System |
| NEWVAN | NATO Electronic Warfare van |
| NEXRAD | Next Generation Weather Radar |
| NEXRI | Next Generation Range Instrumentation |
| NEXT | Near End Cross Talk |
| NEXW | Next Generation Weapon |
| NF | Neutral File |
| NF | Normal Form |
| NFA | No Fire Area |
| NFAF | Naval Fleet Auxiliary Force |
| NFAIS | National Federation of Information and Abstracting Services |
| NFC | National Fusion Center |
| NFC | Navy Finance Office |
| NFH | NATO Frigate Helicopter |
| NFI | Not For Inventory |
| NFIB | National Foreign Intelligence Board |
| NFIP | National Flood Insurance Program |
| NFIS | National Foreign Intelligence Program |
| NFL | No Fire Line |
| NFLS | Naval Forward Logistic Site |
| NFO | Naval Flight Officer |
| NFOV | Narrow Field Of View |
| NFR | NATO Financial Regulations |
| NFS | NATO Force Structure |
| NFS | Network File Server |
| NFS | Network File System |
| NFS | Network Filing System |
| NFS | Networked File System |
| NFZ | No Fly Zone |
| NG | Naval Group |
| NG | Next Generation |
| NGB | National Guard Bureau |
| NGCR | Next Generation Computer Resources |
| NGDC | National Geophysical Data Center |
| NGDLC | Next Generation Digital Loop Carrier |
| NGF | Naval Gunfire |
| NGFO | Naval Gunfire Officer |
| NGFS | Naval Gunfire Support |
| NGI | Next Generation Internet |
| NGIC | National Ground Intelligence Center |
| NGII | Next Generation Information Infrastructure |
| NGLO | Naval Gunfire Liaison Officer |
| NGN | Next Generation Network |
| NGN IG | Next Generation Network Implementation Group |
| NGN SG | Next Generation Network Starter Group |
| NGNA | Next Generation Network Access |
| NGNN | Northrop Grumman Newport News |
| NGO | Non-Government Organization |
| NGO | Non-Governmental Organization |
| NGOF | Next Generation Optical Fiber |
| NGOSS | New Generation Operations Support Systems |
| NGP | Next Generation Peripheral |
| NGP | Next Generation Plan |
| NGP | Next Generation Product |
| NGS | Naval Gunfire Support |
| NGS | Next Generation Systems |
| NGSO | Non-Geostationary Satellite Orbit |
| NH | High Pressure Gas Generator RPM |
| NHE | Notes and Helps Editor |
| NHMO | NATO HAWK Management Office |
| NHPLO | NATO HAWK Production and Logistics Organization |
| NHRP | Next Hop Resolution Protocol |
| NHS | National Health Service |
| NI | Network Interface |
| NIA | Network Indicate Address |
| NIACAP | National Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process |
| NIAG | NATO Industrial Advisory Group |
| NIAG | NATO Industry Advisory Group |
| NIAM | Nijessen Information Analysis Model (data model technique) |
| NIB | NATO Intelligence Board |
| NIB | Naval Infantry Brigade |
| NIBS | National Institute for Building Standards |
| NIC | AEEC New Installation Concepts Subcommittee |
| NIC | NATO International Civilian |
| NIC | National Intelligence Center |
| NIC | National Intelligence Council |
| NIC | Network Information Center |
| NIC | Network Interface Card |
| NIC | Network Interface Cards |
| NIC | Notice of Intent to Conclude |
| NIC | New Installation Concepts |
| NICAD | Nickel Cadmium |
| NICADMM | Navy Integrated Computer Aided Design Manufacturing and Maintenance Program |
| NICAM | Near Instantaneous Companded Audio Multiplex |
| NICAM | Near Instantaneously Companded Audio Multiplex |
| NICC | National Interagency Coordination Center |
| NICS | NATO Integrated Communications System |
| NICS COA | NICS Central Operating Authority |
| NICS OCO | NICS Operating and Control Organization |
| NICSOI | NICS Operating Instruction |
| NID | Naval Infantry Division |
| NID | Navy Intelligence Database |
| NID | Network Identification |
| NID | Network Interface Device |
| NID | Network Interface or Demarcation |
| NIDAB | Narrow Band Digital Broadcasting |
| NIDL | National Information Display Laboratory |
| NIDL | Network Interface Definition Language |
| NIDR | Network Information Discover and Retrieval |
| NIDS | NATO integrated Data Service |
| NIDS | Navigation Information Display Systems |
| NIDTS | NATO Initial Data Transfer System |
| NIE | National Intelligence Estimate |
| NIEWS | Navy Imagery Exploitation Workstation |
| NIF | NATO Interoperability Framework |
| NIF | Navy Industrial Fund |
| NIFC | National Interagency Fire Center |
| NIFS | NATO Integrated Financial System |
| NIGA | Nuclear Indirect Gamma Activity |
| NIH | National Institutes of Health |
| NIH | Not Invented Here |
| NII | National Information Infrastructure |
| NII | Networks and Information Integration |
| NIIG | NATO Item Identification Guide |
| NIIN | NATO Item Identification Number |
| NIIN | National Item Identification Number |
| NIIT | National Information Infrastructure Testbed |
| NIMA | NATO Information Management Authority |
| NIMA | National Imagery and Mapping Agency |
| NIMA | National Imagery and Mapping Agency (formerly DMA) |
| NIMBGAT | NIMITZ Battle Group Action Team |
| NIMCP | NATO Information Management Control Point |
| NIMH | Nickel Metal Hydride |
| NIMIC | NATO Insensitive Munitions Information Center |
| NIMP | NATO Interoperability Management Plan |
| NIMS | National Incident Management System |
| NIN | Notice of Intent to Negotiate |
| NINO | Nothing In Nothing Out |
| NIO | National Intelligence Officer |
| NIO | Network Input Output |
| NIOSH | National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health |
| NIP | Number Identification Presentation |
| NIPA | Naval Intelligence Production System |
| NIPC | National Infrastructure Protection Center |
| NIPD | NATO Interoperability Planning Document |
| NIPDE | National Initiative for Product Data Exchange |
| NIPERNET | Navy Internet Protocol Router Network |
| NIPIMS | Navmat Instructional Procurement and Inventory Monitoring System |
| NIPRNET | Nonclassified Internet Protocol Router Network |
| NIPRNET | Nonsecure Internet Protocol Router Network |
| NIPRNET | Unclassified but sensitive (N-level) Internet Protocol Router Network |
| NIPS | NTCS-A Information Processing Services |
| NIPS | Naval Intelligence Processing Center Upgrade Program |
| NIPS | Naval Intelligence Processing System |
| NIR | Network Information Retrieval |
| NIS | Not-In-Service |
| NIS | NATO International Staff |
| NIS | Naval Investigative Service |
| NIS | Network Information Service |
| NISAC | National Industrial Security Advisory Committee |
| NISC | NSA ISSO Service Center |
| NISCO | NATO Identification System Coordination Office |
| NISDN | National Integrated Services Digital Network |
| NISGRT | NATO Inter-Staff Group on Reinforcement and Transportation |
| NISH | NEO (Non-combatant Evacution Operation) Intelligence Support Handbook |
| NISMC | Naval Information Systems Management Center (Now incorporated in Dept. Of Navy CIO) |
| NISO | National Information Standards Organization |
| NISP | National Individual Security Program |
| NISPOM | National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual |
| NIST | National Institute of Standards and Technology |
| NIST | National Institute for Science and Technology |
| NISTP | National Institute for Systems Test and Productivity |
| NITC | National Information Technology Center |
| NITES | Naval Integrated Tactical Environmental System |
| NITES | Navy Integrated Tactical Environment Subsystem |
| NITF | National Imagery Test Facility |
| NITF | National Imagery Transmission Format |
| NITRAS | Navy Integrated Training Resources and Administration System |
| NIU | Network Interface Unit |
| NIUF | North American ISDN Users Forum |
| NIWIP | NATO Integrated Warning Improvement Program |
| NIWS | NATO Intelligence Warning System |
| NIWSO | Naval Information Warfare Staff and Operations |
| NIWSOC | Naval Information Warfare Staff and Operations Course |
| NJCEC | NATO Joint Communications and Electronics Committee |
| NJE | Network Job Entry |
| NJFA | NATO Joint Frequency Agreement |
| NJP | Naval Judicial Punishments |
| NKDS | Naval Key Distribution System |
| NKO | Naval Knowledge Online (a web portal) |
| NL | Low Pressure Gas Generator RPM |
| NL | Natural Language |
| NLA | Next-Level Aggregation |
| NLA | Non Linear Amplifier |
| NLCC | National Logistics Coordination Cell |
| NLD | Non-Linear Distortion |
| NLECTC | National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center |
| NLG | Nose Landing Gear |
| NLII | National Learning Infrastructure Initiative |
| NLLDB | NATO Lessons Learned Database |
| NLM | National Library of Medicine |
| NLM | NetWare Loadable Modules |
| NLN | Navy Logistics Network |
| NLO | Naval Liaison Officer |
| NLO | Non-Linear Optics |
| NLO | national Liaison Officer |
| NLOC | Noncommented Lines Of Code |
| NLP | Natural Language Processing |
| NLP | Non-Linear Processor |
| NLQ | Near Letter Quality |
| NLR | Netherlands National Aerospace Laboratory |
| NLR | National Liaison Representative |
| NLR&D | Navy Logistics Research and Development |
| NLS | National Language Support |
| NLS | Native Language Support Software |
| NLS | Natural Language Support |
| NLS | Network License Server |
| NLSC | National Logistics Support Command |
| NLSP | Network Layer Security Protocol |
| NLT | Not Less Than |
| NLT | NATO Liaison Team |
| NLT | No Later Than |
| NLT | Not Later Than |
| NLW | Non-lethal Weapon |
| NLZ | No-Lone Zone |
| nm | Nautical Mile |
| NM | Network Management |
| nm | Nanometer |
| NMA | NATO Military Authority |
| NMA | National Military Authority |
| NMAF | NATO Multinational Area Force |
| NMAG | Network Management Ad hoc Group |
| NMAS | Network Management System |
| NMB | NATO Military body |
| NMC | NATO Manual on Codification |
| NMC | NATO Military Committee |
| NMC | Naval Material Command |
| NMC | Network Management Center |
| NMC | Network Model Coverage |
| NMC | Not Mission Capable |
| NMCB | Naval Mobile Construction Battalion |
| NMCC | National Military Command Center |
| NMCC | National Movement Coordination Center |
| NMCI | Navy Marine Corps Intranet |
| NMCM | Not Mission Capable Maintenance |
| NMCMS | Not Mission Capable Maintenance Scheduled |
| NMCMU | Not Mission Capable Maintenance Unscheduled |
| NMCR | Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society |
| NMCS | National Military Command System |
| NMCS | Not Mission Capable Supply |
| NMD | National Missile Defense |
| NMDAS | Navy Manpower Data Accounting System |
| NMDS | Narrowband Multi-service Delivery System |
| NMDZ | NATO Maritime Defense Zone |
| NMF | Network Management Forum |
| NMI | Nautical Mile |
| NMI | Non Maskable Interrupt |
| NMI | Non-Maskable Interrupt |
| NMIA | National Military Intelligence Association |
| NMICC | NATO Maritime Intelligence Coordination Center |
| NMICC | National Military Intelligence Collection Center |
| NMIMC | Naval Medical Information Management Center |
| NMIPC | National Military Intelligence Production Center (DIA) |
| NMISC | National Military Intelligence Support Center (DIA) |
| NMIST | National Military Intelligence Support Team (DIA) |
| NMJIC | National Military Joint Intelligence Center |
| NMLT | National Medical Liaison Team |
| NMMF | NATO Multinational Maritime Force |
| NMOS | N-type Metal Oxide Semiconductor |
| NMOS | N-Channel Metal Oxide Semiconductor |
| NMOS | NATO Maritime Operations Intelligence System |
| NMP | Network Management Protocol |
| NMPA | NATO Maritime Patrol Aircraft |
| NMPPS | Nuclear Mission Planning and Production System |
| NMR | NATO Military Requirement |
| NMR | Nonconforming Material Report |
| NMR | national Military representative |
| NMS | National Military Strategy |
| NMS | Network Management System |
| NMSI | National Mobile Station Identification |
| NMSP | Network Management Statistics Process |
| NMT | Not More Than |
| NNAC | Neutral and Non-Aligned Countries |
| NNAG | NATO Naval Armaments Group |
| NNCCRS | NATO Nuclear Command, Control and Reporting System |
| NNI | Network to Network Interface |
| NNPS | NATO Nuclear Planning System |
| NNSY | Norfolk Naval Shipyard |
| NNTCN | Non-NATO Troop Contributing Nation |
| NNTP | Network News Transmission Protocol |
| NNTP | Network News Transport Protocol |
| NO | Navy Officer |
| NO COM | No Communication. A NO COM annunciation indicates that a downlink message has not been acknowledged in an ACARS system. |
| NOA | Nature of Address |
| NOAA | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| NOB | Naval Order of Battle |
| NOBC | Navy Officer Billet Classification |
| NOC | Notice Of Change |
| NOC | Network Operating Center |
| NODC | National Oceanographic Data Center |
| NODDS | Navy Oceanographic Data Distribution System |
| NOE | Nap Of the Earth |
| NOE | Nape Of the Earth |
| NOF | Network Operations Forum |
| NOFORN | Not Releasable to Foreign Nationals |
| NOGAPS | Navy Operational Global Atmospheric Prediction System |
| NOGAPS | Navy Operational Regional Atmospheric Prediction System |
| NOHD | Nominal Ocular Hazard Distance |
| NOI | Notice of Inquiry |
| NOIC | Naval Operational Intelligence Center |
| NOIS | NATO Operational Interoperability Standard |
| Noise | Undesired random electromagnetic disturbances or spurious signals which are not part of the transmitted or received signal. |
| NOMAD | Navy Onboard Maintenance Aided Device |
| NOMBO | Non-Minelike Bottom Object |
| NOME | Non-Minelike Echo |
| NOP | No Operation |
| NOP | Nuclear Operation Plan |
| NOP | Nuclear Operations |
| NOPLAN | No Plan |
| NOR | NATO Operational Requirement |
| NOR | Notice Of Revision |
| NORAD | North American Aerospace Defense Command |
| NORAD | North American Air Defense Command |
| NORAD | North American Radar Air Defense |
| NORAPS | Naval Operational Regional Atmospheric Predictions System |
| NORC | National Opinion Research Center |
| NORM | Normal |
| NORMA | No Remote Memory Access |
| NORPAX | North Pacific Experiement |
| NORTHAG | Northern Army Group Central Europe |
| NORTHCOM | Northern Command |
| NOS | NATO Office of Security |
| NOS | National Ocean Service |
| NOS | Network Operating System |
| NOSC | Naval Ocean Systems Center |
| NOSC | Naval Ocean Systems Center (replaced by NCCOSC and now SPAWAR Systems Center) |
| NOSC | Network Operations and Security Center |
| NOSCINST | Naval Ocean Systems Center Instruction |
| NOSIP | NATO Open Systems Interconnection Profile |
| NOSREP | National Overseas Shipping Representative |
| NOSS | Naval Ocean Surveillance Satellite |
| NOSSA | Naval Ordnance Safety and Security |
| NOTAL | Not To All |
| NOTAM | Notice to Airmen |
| NOTAP | Navy Occupational Task Analysis Program |
| NOTS | NATO Off-The-Shelf |
| NOTU | Naval Ordnance Test Unit |
| NOVAM | Navy Oceanic Vertical Aerosol Model |
| NP | Network Provider |
| NP | Non-Public |
| NP | Number Portability |
| NPA | Non-Precision Approach |
| NPA | Network Provider Access |
| NPA | Numbering Plan Area |
| NPACI | National Partnership for Advanced Computational Infrastructure |
| NPC | NATO Pipeline Committee |
| NPC | NATO Programming Center |
| NPD | Navy Procurement Directive |
| NPDS | NMCC Processing and Display System |
| NPDS | No Pay Due |
| NPDU | Network Protocol Data Unit |
| NPEDP | NATO-Plus Exercise Directive and Program |
| NPES | Non-Propulsion Electronic Systems |
| NPFC | Navy Publications and Forms Center |
| NPG | Nonunit Personnel Generator |
| NPG | Nuclear Planning Group |
| NPG(HLG) | Nuclear Planning Group (High Level Group) |
| NPI | Network Provider Interface |
| NPI | New Product Introduction |
| NPI | Numbering Plan Indicator |
| NPIC | National Photographic Intelligence Center |
| NPID | Network Provider Identification |
| NPIS | NATO Procedural Interoperability Standard |
| NPL | Normal Peacetime Location |
| NPLO | NATO Production and Logistics Organization |
| NPM | Navy Programming Manual |
| NPM | Nuclear Planning Manual |
| NPNF | No Point/No Fire |
| NPOC | Naval, Point of Contact |
| NPODS | Navy Print-On-Demand System |
| NPPS | Navy Publishing and Printing Service |
| NPPSBO | Navy Publishing and Printing Service Branch Office |
| NPPSO | Naval Publications printing Support Office |
| NPPSO | Navy Publishing and Printing Service Office |
| NPR | National Performance Review |
| NPR | Naval Plant Representative |
| NPR | Noise Power Ratio |
| NPRM | Notice of Public Rule Making |
| NPRM | Notice of Proposed Rule Making |
| NPRP | Number Portability Routing Protocol |
| NPS | NATO Pipeline System |
| NPS | Naval Postgraduate School |
| NPS | Nuclear Planning System |
| NPSAC | NATO Precautionary System Alert Committee |
| NPSC | NATO Precautionary System Conference |
| NPSC | National Processing Service Center |
| NPSM | NATO Precautionary System Manual |
| NPT | Non-Proliferation Treaty |
| NPT | national Shipping Administration Planning Team |
| NPV | Net Present Value |
| NPZ | No-Point Zone |
| NQAA | National Quality Assurance Authority |
| NR | NATO Restricted |
| NR | No Reference |
| NR | Noise Reduction |
| NR | Not Recommended |
| NRA | NATO Refugees Agency |
