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Nescio "Nescio", Latin for "I don't know", was the pseudonym of the Dutch writer Jan Hendrik Frederik Grönloh, born June 22, 1882 in Amsterdam and died July 25, 1961 in Hilversum, both in the Netherlands. Grönloh was a businessman by profession; as Nescio he is mainly remembered for the three novellas De Uitvreter (The Sponger), Titaantjes (Young Titans) and Dichtertje (Little Poet).
Nescit cedere Nescit cedere is Latin for "He does not know how to give up." It is also the motto of Oglethorpe University, in reference to the school's namesake, James Oglethorpe, who allegedly persevered through seemingly inconquerable obstacles in order to found the colony of Georgia.
Nescochague Creek Nescochague Creek (Lenni-Lenape: Edgeachick Branch, Pactockeach Branch) is a tributary of the Mullica River in southern New Jersey in the United States. The creek starts just northwest of Hammonton, arcs along the southern boundary of Wharton State Forest, and joins the Mullica River just above County Route 542.
NesC nesC (network embedded systems C) is a programming language designed to build applications for the TinyOS platform. TinyOS is an operating environment designed to run on distributed embedded Wireless Sensor Networks.
Nese (linguistics) Nese is a moribund Oceanic language or dialect known by no more than twenty people in the Matanvat area of the northwest tip of the island of Malakula in Vanuatu. It is now rarely spoken, having been replaced as a primary mode of communication by Bislama.
Nesebar Nesebar (Bulgarian: Несебър, Nesebăr, though other transliterations are also used), previously known as Mesembria (Greek: Μεσημβρια, Mesimvria) and before that as Menebria, is an ancient city on the Black Sea coast of Bulgaria, located in Nesebar municipality, Burgas Province.
Nesebar Gap Nesebar Gap (Sedlovina Nesebar se-dlo-vi-'na ne-'se-b&r) is a 1.3km wide gap in eastern Livingston Island, Antarctica bounded to the W by Pliska Ridge and to the E by the northern slope of Mount Friesland, Tangra Mountains.
Nesebar municipality Nesebar municipality (Община Несебър) is a Bulgarian municipality comprising the northern part of the Black Sea coast of Burgas Province, Bulgaria. Its northern border is with the municipalities of Byala and Dolni Chiflik, its western border — with the municipality of Pomorie, and its eastern border is the Black Sea.
Neshaminy Creek Neshaminy Creek (is a stream] that runs southeast through [[Bucks County, Pennsylvania|Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Neshaminy Creek proper rises south of Chalfont Borough, where North Branch Neshaminy Creek and West Branch Neshaminy Creek meet.
Neshaminy High School Neshaminy High School is a large public high school located on Old Lincoln Highway, in Langhorne, Pennsylvania. Neshaminy High School is dedicated to providing a positive learning environment through an evolving curriculum in which all students are educated to be responsible, creative and productive citizens who have the desire for continuous learning and who acknowledge diversity.
Neshaminy School District Neshaminy School District serves the municipalities of Middletown Township, Langhorne, Langhorne Manor, Penndel, Hulmeville, and Lower Southampton Township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Students from the Middletown divisions of Levittown also attend these schools.
Nesidioblastosis Nesidioblastosis is a controversial medical term for hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia attributed to an abnormal microscopic appearance of pancreatic islet development. The term was coined in the first half of the 20th century.
Nesiritide Nesiritide (Natrecor®) is a medication used to treat acutely decompensated congestive heart failure with dyspnea at rest or with minimal exertion (such as talk, eating or bathing). A brain natriueretic peptide, nesiritide works to facilitate cardiovascular fluid homeostasis through counterregulation of the renin-angiotensin-aldoesterone system, stimulating cyclic guanosine monophosphate, leading to smooth muscle cell relaxation.
Nesiya Nesiya, from the Hebrew word meaning "journey", is an independent year-round non-profit organizationprogram based in Jerusalem and New York City. The Nesiya Institute is not affiliated with any movement within Judaism and is committed to exploring differences among diverse Jews in order to develop Jewish leaders and invigorate Jewish life.
Neskantaga, Ontario Neskantaga () (also known as Lansdowne House, Ontario), is a remote First Nations reserve and community in the northern reaches of the Canadian province of Ontario, situated along the shore of Attawapiskat Lake. The town is linked to the rest of ontario by the Lansdowne House Airport, and by winter roads and ice roads to points south, via the Northern Ontario Resource Trail.
Neskollen Neskollen is a village in Nes municipality, Norway, located a few kilometres northwest of the urban area Ă…rnes. Its population is 1,126, of which 7 people live within the border of the neighboring municipality Ullensaker .
Neskonlith Indian Band The Neskonlith Indian Band is First Nations government in the Canadian province of British Columbia located in the Shuswap district east of Kamloops. It is a member of the Shuswap Nation Tribal Council, one of two main governmental bodies of the Secwepemc (Shuswap) people.
Neskowin, Oregon Neskowin (IPA: ) is an unincorporated community in Tillamook County, Oregon, United States, near where Slab Creek empties into the Pacific ocean. For statistical purposes, the United States Census Bureau has defined Neskowin as a census-designated place (CDP).
Neskuchniy Garden Neskuchniy Garden - is the oldest park in Moscow with area of 40,8 hectares and a former Emperor's residence, created as a result of integration of three estates of XVIII century. It also contains the Green Theater, one of the largest open aphiteaters in Europe, able to contain up to 15 thousand people.
Nesluša Nesluša is a village and municipality in Kysucké Nové Mesto District in the Zilina Region of northern Slovakia. Village lie in south part of district, neighbour with Kysucké Nové Mesto, Ochodnica, Zákopčie, Dlhá nad Kysucou, Rudinská and Rudina.
Nesmé In the role playing game Dungeons & Dragons, the small city of Nesmé is built upon the southern bank of the Surbrin River, on the northwestern edge of the Evermoors in northern Faerûn. The city is part of the confederation of the Silver Marches ruled by Lady Alustriel Silverhand.
Nesomyinae The Malagasy rats and mice are the sole members of the subfamily Nesomyinae. These animals are the only native rodents of Madagascar, come in many shapes and sizes, and occupy a wide variety of ecological niches.
Nespresso Nespresso is a division of Nestlé, concentrating on the high-end of the coffee market. Nespresso products range from patented coffee-capsule technology and the associated machinery, to the actual coffee capsules.
Ness Botanic Gardens Ness Botanic Gardens has evolved since Arthur Kilpin Bulley began to create a garden in 1898. In 1948 his daughter Lois gave the Gardens to the University of Liverpool, parts of the garden are open to the public.
Ness Foundation The Ness Foundation, established by Dr (now Professor) Iain Glen, a consultant psychiatrist, is a research charity based near Inverness, Scotland. It was founded in the 1980s and previously known as The Highland Psychiatric Research Foundation, carrying out research into diagnosing conditions such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, autism spectrum disorder, dyspraxia, dyslexia, depression and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
Ness Technologies Ness Technologies () is a global provider of end-to-end IT services and solutions designed to help clients improve competitiveness and efficiency. Ness specializes in outsourcing and offshore, systems integration and application development, software and consulting, and quality assurance and training.
Ness, Western Isles Ness (Scottish Gaelic: Nis) is the northernmost part of the Isle of Lewis, a community consisting of about 16 villages, including Lionel, Habost, Swainbost, Cross, North and South Dell, Cross Skigersta, Skigersta, Eoradale, Adabrock, Port of Ness, Knockaird, Fivepenny and Eoropie. It is the most north-westerly community in the European Union.
Nessarose Nessarose Thropp is the name of the Wicked Witch of the East in Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire, as well as in the Broadway adaptation, Wicked. She is the spoiled younger sister of Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West.
Nessos Painter The Nessos painter (also Nise OS), was a pioneer of Attic black-figure vase painting. He is considered to be the first Athenian to adopt the Corinthian Style who went on to developed his own style and introduced innovations.
Nessun dorma "Nessun dorma" is an aria from the final act of Giacomo Puccini's opera Turandot. The aria, whose title translates from Italian as "Let no one sleep", follows the proclamation by the Princess Turandot that no one shall sleep: they shall all spend the night attempting to find out the name of the unknown prince, Calaf, who has set the challenge.
Nessus (Pierson's Puppeteer) Nessus is a male character in Larry Niven's Known Space universe, of the species Pierson's Puppeteer, a herbivorous species noted for two heads whose mouths act as capable hands. Pierson's Puppeteers are technically advanced in most of the physical sciences.
Nessus (software) In computer security, Nessus is a comprehensive vulnerability scanning program. On UNIX (including OS X), it consists of nessusd, the Nessus daemon, which does the scanning, and nessus, the client, which controls scans and presents the vulnerability results to the user.
Nest A nest is place of refuge built to hold an animal's eggs and/or provide a place to raise their offspring. They are usually made of some organic material such as twigs, grass, and leaves; or may simply be a depression in the ground, or a hole in a tree, rock or building.
Nest (magazine) Nest is an New York based magazine, self described as a "unique shelter magazine," or "quarterly of interiors" which featured nontraditional architecture, landscaping, and interior design. Focusing on spaces people lived in as opposed to the modern or antique interiors of beauty like the rest of interior design magazines.
Nest algebra In functional analysis, nest algebras are a class of operator algebras which generalise the upper-triangular matrix algebras to a Hilbert space context. They were introduced by John Ringrose in the mid-1960s and have many interesting properties.
Nest box A nest box (or nestbox also called birdhouse) is a man-made box provided for animals to nest in. Nest boxes are most frequently utilized for wild and domestic birds, but certain species of mammal may also use them.
Nest Freemark Nest Freemark is a fictional character from the Word/Void trilogy of novels by Terry Brooks, written as a prequel series to his Shannara novels. Nest is the child of an unnamed demon and a human named Caitlyn Anne Freemark.
Nesta Webster Nesta Helen Webster (August 24, 1876 - May 16, 1960) was a controversial, discredited, historian and author who wrote several books on subjects. At least one work mentioned, among several other things, a Jewish conspiracy.
Nested transaction With reference to a database transaction, a nested transaction occurs when a new transaction is started by an instruction that is already inside an existing transaction. The new nested transaction is said to be nested within the existing transaction, hence the term.
Nestedness Nestedness is a measure of order in an ecological system, referring to the order in which the number of species is related to area or other factors. The more a system is "nested" the more it is organised.
Nester Nester (in Pilotwings 64, "Lark") was the long-time teenage mascot and comic strip star of Nintendo Power magazine, as well as a sometime video game character. His name is a play on the acronym NES, Nintendo's flagship system during the time period.
Nestin (protein) Nestin is a type IV intermediate filament (IF) protein. It has never been shown to be capable of polymerizing into filaments alone, but is thought to require the presence of a type III or another type IV IF protein.
Nestinarstvo Nestinarstvo (, ) is a ritual originally performed in several Bulgarian- and Greek-speaking villages in the Strandzha Mountains close to the Black Sea coast in the very southeast of Bulgaria. It involves a barefooted dance on smouldering embers (жарава, zharava) performed by nestinari (нестинари).
Nestlé Smarties Book Prize The Nestlé Smarties Book Prize is an annual award given to children's books written in the previous year by a UK citizen or resident. The prize is administered by Booktrust, an independent charity which promotes books and reading.
Nestor (Tintin character) Nestor is a character from The Adventures of Tintin series of classic comic books drawn and written by Hergé. Before he was under the employment of Captain Haddock at Marlinspike Hall, he dutifully served as a butler for the Bird Brothers, the estate's previous owners.
Nestor Aparicio Nestor Aparicio, also known by the appropriate nickname "Nasty Nestor", is a sports radio talk show host from Baltimore, Maryland. He founded the radio station WNST, which focuses on derivative and generic sports talk.
Nestor Bolum Nestor Bolum (born September 19, 1986) is a boxer from Nigeria, who participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native West African country. There he was stopped in the quarterfinals of the bantamweight (54 kg) division by Thailand's eventual runner-up Worapoj Petchkoom.
Nestor Combin Nestor Combin, (born December 29, 1940 in Las Rosas, Argentina) is a former football (soccer) player from France with Argentinian origin. He was striker, mainly with Olympique Lyonnais and France national team.
Nestor Kukolnik Nestor Vasilievich Kukolnik () (1809-1868) was a Russian playwright and prose writer. Immensely popular during the early part of his career, his works were subsequently dismissed as sententious and sentimental.
Nestor Makhno Nestor Ivanovich Makhno (Ukrainian: Нестор Іванович Махно, October 26, 1888 – July 25, 1934) was an anarcho-communist Ukrainian revolutionary who refused to align with the Bolsheviks after the October Revolution. He is credited with organizing an enormous experiment in anarchist values and practice, one which was cut short by the consolidation of Bolshevik power.
Nestor Project Nestor Project (Nestor stands for Neutrino Extended Submarine Telescope with Oceanographic Research) An international scientific collaboration whose target is the deployment of a neutrino telescope on the sea floor off Pylos, Greece.
Nestor Studios The Nestor Motion Picture Company of Bayonne, New Jersey, owned by David Horsley and his brother William, opened the first motion picture studio in Hollywood in the Blondeau Tavern building at the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Gower Street in the fall of 1911.
Nestor Torres Jazz flutist and Latin Grammy Award winner NĂ©stor Torres has been captivating audiences with his sensual mix of Latin, jazz and pop sounds for more than fifteen years. Blessed with handsome features, a warm smile and a charismatic demeanor, this remarkable virtuoso has earned a devoted following.
Nestorian Stele The Nestorian Stele, Nestorian Stone, formally the Memorial of the Propagation in China of the Luminous Religion from Daqin (大秦景教流行中國碑; pinyin: Dàqín Jǐngjiào liúxíng Zhōngguó béi, abbreviated 大秦景教碑), and also known as the Hsi-an Monument, is a Tang Chinese stele erected in 781 which celebrates the accomplishments of the Assyrian Church of the East in China, which is also referred to as the Nestorian Church (albeit inaccurately).
Nestorianism in China The form of Christianity often called Nestorianism but known by its adherents as the Church of the East spread widely across the continent of Asia following the banishment and condemnation of Nestorius, Patriarch of Constantinople, at the Council of Ephesus in 431.
Nestucca Bay Nestucca Bay is a small S-shaped inlet of the Pacific Ocean located in northwest Oregon in the United States. It is located near the town of Pacific City in southwestern Tillamook County, approximately 12 mi (19 km) south of Cape Lookout.
Net (mathematics) In topology and related areas of mathematics a net or Moore-Smith sequence is a generalization of a sequence, intended to unify the various notions of limit and generalize them to arbitrary topological spaces. Limits of nets accomplish for all topological spaces what limits of sequences accomplish for first-countable spaces such as metric spaces.
Net acid excretion In renal physiology, net acid excretion (NEA) is the net amount of acid excreted in the urine per unit time. Its value depends on urine flow rate, urine acid concentration, and the concentration of bicarbonate in the urine (the loss of bicarbonate, a buffering agent, is physiologically equivalent to a gain in acid).
Net assets Net assets are sometimes the same as net worth, or shareholders' equity - assets minus liabilities. In "Return On Net Assets" (RONA) it's often fixed assets plus net working capital (current assets minus current liabilities), which may be slightly less than total assets.
Net cash flow Net cash flow (also called cash flow) is a measure of a company's financial health. It equals cash receipts minus cash payments over a given period of time; or equivalently, net profit plus amounts charged off for depreciation, depletion, and amortization (business).
Net creativity Net Creativity is the philosophy that all Life has the same purpose: to create useful structure in the Universe which (locally) acts anti-entropically against the natural laws which tend toward states of lesser energy. The net result is that species are evaluated by their fit in the environment, or their changes to the environment, and how much usefulness is added to the universe compared to the amount of resources that are used.
Net cutters The net cutters were the secret weapon employed by the Icelandic Coast Guard during the later two Cod Wars to cut the trawl wires of foreign trawlers fishing within the then newly claimed Exclusive Fisheries zones.
Net energy gain Net Energy Gain is a concept important in energy economics, referring to a surplus condition in the difference between the energy required to harvest an energy source and the energy provided by that same source.
Net enforcers Net Enforcers is a corporation that provides intellectual property and brand protection services for manufacturers and to a lesser indirect extent, retailers. Manufacturers who are concerned with retailer profit margins and creating exclusivity hire Net Enforcers to target retailers who are selling a product too cheap or below the minimum advertised price they have set.
Net income Net income is equal to the income that a firm has after subtracting costs and expenses from the total revenue. Net income is primarily an accounting term used in the US; in other countries (such as the UK) profit is the usual term.
Net interest margin Net Interest Margin (NIM) is the name given to a resecuritization of existing residual interest(s) from transactions that are structured with excess spread. The NIM holders generally get first claim on all free excess spread (i.
Net investment In economics, net investment refers to an activity of spending which increases the availability of fixed capital goods or means of production. It is the total spending on new fixed investment minus replacement investment, which simply replaces depreciated capital goods.
Net metering Net metering is a state level electricity policy for consumers who own "qualifying facilities," which are generally smaller, renewable energy sources such as a wind or solar power. "Net", in this context, is used in the sense of meaning "what remains after deductions" -- in this case, the deduction of any energy outflows from metered energy inflows.
Net migration rate Net migration rate is the difference of immigrants and emigrants of an area in a period of time, divided (usually) per 1,000 inhabitants (considered on midterm population). A positive value represents more people entering the country than leaving it, while a negative value mean more people leaving than entering it.
Net Music Countdown Net Music Countdown is a radio show hosted by David Lawrence that counts down the most popular music on the internet over the past week. Syndicated on over 70 radio stations and both satellite radio services in partnership with United Stations, the shows countdown the hottest hits on the Internet, with flavors for alternative rock, CHR (top 40) and Hot AC (adult contemporary).
Net porn service A net porn service distributes various forms of pornography to its users electronically via the World Wide Web. Although most are commercial, and charge their users on a fee-for-service basis, some operate on a more BBS-like form.
Net present value Net present value (NPV) is a standard method for financial evaluation of long-term projects. Used for capital budgeting, and widely throughout economics, it measures the excess or shortfall of cash flows, in present value (PV) terms, once financing charges are met.
Net primary productivity The Net Primary Productivity (NPP) of an ecosystem is the rate at which it accumulates energy or biomass, excluding the energy it uses for the process of respiration. This typically corresponds to the rate of photosynthesis, minus respiration by the photosynthesizers.
Net promoter score A net promoter score (NPS) is the result of a customer satisfaction survey in which customers are asked only one so-called "Ultimate" question: How likely are you to recommend Company or Product X to a friend or colleague? The NPS concept was developed by loyalty business model expert Fred Reichheld of Bain & Company and is discussed in his book The Ultimate Question: Driving Good Profits and True Growth.
Net protein utilization The net protein utilization, or NPU, is the ratio of amino acid converted to proteins to the ratio of amino acids supplied. This figure is somewhat affected by the salvage of essential amino acids within the body, but is profoundly affected by the level of limiting amino acids within a foodstuff.
Net run rate Net Run Rate (NRR) is a statistic used in the sport of cricket. It is the most commonly used method of separating teams in one-day league competitions, effectively acting as the Cricket equivalent of "goal difference" in football/soccer.
Net Realizable Value Net realizable value (NRV) is a commonly used method of evaluating an asset's worth in the field of inventory accounting. NRV is part of GAAP rules that apply to valuing inventory, so as to not overstate or understate the value of inventory goods.
Net-Centric Enterprise Services Net-Centric Enterprise Services (NCES) is a Department of Defense program, managed by the Defense Information Systems Agency, to develop information technology infrastructure services for future systems used by the United States military.
Net-Tamer Net-Tamer is a DOS PPP dial up access program, which requires no TSR packet driver. It can web browse, get/send email, get/send usenet messages, FTP upload/download a file, TELNET to another internet address, or check the time and date.
Net10 Wireless Net10 Wireless or simply Net10, a mobile virtual network operator, is a wireless offering prepaid GSM wireless service in the United States. The service allows a customer to buy airtime units to use on the mobile phone at various prices.
Neta Hebrew NETA" is a Hebrew language curriculum for students in grades 7 though 12 created by curriculum specialists from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. NETA is funded by The AVI CHAI Foundation and partnered with the Hebrew College in Newton Centre, Massachusetts.
Neta Lohnes Frazier Neta Lohnes Frazier (1890-1990) is a children's author. Known for her books about the Pacific Northwest, she published 14 books between 1947 and 1973 - most notably Stout-Hearted Seven, The Magic Ring, Secret Friend, My Love Is a Gypsy and Little Rhody.
Netaim Netaim (נטעים) is a moshav located in Israel's Coastal Plain, about 4 km south of the city of Rishon LeZion. Its name, which refers to plants, is derived from I Chronicles 4:23, "These were the potters, and those that dwelt among plants and hedges; there they dwelt with the king for his work.
Netaji Smaraka Gramina Grandasala,Ezhumanthuruth This Library and reading is opened to memorise the legendary Indian freeom fighter and INA hero Great Netaji Subash Chandra Bose.It is situated in a remote village,Ezhumanthuruthu in Kaduthuruthy Panchayat,Kottayam district,Kerala state in India.
Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology (NSIT), New Delhi is an Institution of Government of NCT of Delhi under Department of Training and Technical Education and comes formally under the purview of Faculty of Technology, Delhi University. It was formerly known as Delhi Institute of Technology (DIT) with its campus at Kashmere Gate, New Delhi.
Netanya Netanya (Hebrew: נְתַנְיָה, Standard Hebrew Nətanya) is a city in the Center District of Israel and is the capital of the Sharon plain. It is located between "Poleg" stream and Wingate Institute in the south and the "Avichail" stream in the north.
Netanya Railway Station Netanya Railway Station (, Taḥanat HaRakevet Netanya) is an Israel Railways passenger station located in the city of Netanya and serves the city, with its large industrial zones, as well as other small communities in the area.
Netanya Stadium Netanya Stadium (Hebrew: איצטדיון נתניה) is a new multi-use stadium currently being built by the Netanya Municipality. Financing of the new stadium is to come from the sale of land where the old Sar-Tov Stadium stands today.
Netarhat Residential School Netarhat Residential School was established on 15 November 1954, after the independence of India, to provide a centre of academic excellence to people of state of Bihar, irrespective of their economic conditions, caste and creed.
Netasq Founded in 1998, Netasq is an information security company based in France. It has designed and markets Unified Threat Management solutions (hardware appliances) which combine network and application firewall, VPN and content filtering functions with an integrated real-time intrusion prevention technology: the ASQ (Active Secure Qualification).
Netball Netball is a team sport similar to and derived from basketball, and was originally known in its country of origin, the United States, as "women's basketball". It is the pre-eminent women's team sport (both as a spectator and participant sport) in Australia and New Zealand and is popular in Jamaica, South Africa, Sri Lanka, the United Kingdom, and various other Commonwealth countries.
Netball at the 2006 Commonwealth Games The 2006 Commonwealth Games was be the third Games at which netball, one of the only women-only sports in the Commonwealth Games, was played. The preliminary matches were held at the State Netball and Hockey Centre in the Melbourne suburb of Parkville, with the finals being held at the multi-purpose Melbourne Park in the inner city.
Netball Australia Netball Australia is the peak governing body for the sport of netball in Australia. The organisation's stated objectives for Australian netball are to achieve national and international success in competition, encourage greater participation and spectator involvement, and ensure excellence in all spheres of the sport.
NetBank NetBank, sometimes called NetB@nk, is a financial company engaged primarily in retail banking, mortgage banking, business finance and providing ATM and merchant processing services. NetBank was founded in February 1996 and completed its initial public offering of stock in July 1997.
NetBeans BlueJ Edition NetBeans BlueJ Edition is an integrated development environment (IDE) meant to transition students from the introductory IDE BlueJ to the more professional IDE NetBeans. The first release of the IDE is now available for download.
NetBEUI NetBIOS Extended User Interface (NetBEUI, pronounced net-booey, also known as NetBIOS Frame, or NBF) is an unrouted (non-routable) network- and transport-level data protocol most commonly used as one of the layers of Microsoft Windows networking. NetBIOS over NetBEUI is used by a number of network operating systems released in the 1990s, such as LAN Manager, LAN Server, Windows for Workgroups, Windows 95 and Windows NT.
NetBSD NetBSD is a freely redistributable, open source version of the Unix-like BSD computer operating system. It was the second open source BSD variant to be formally released, after 386BSD, and continues to be actively developed.
NetBurst The Intel NetBurst Microarchitecture, called P68 inside Intel, is the successor to the P6 microarchitecture in the x86 family of CPUs made by Intel. The first one to use this architecture was the Willamette core, released in late 2000.
NetBus NetBus or Netbus is a software program for remotely controlling a Microsoft Windows computer system over a network. It was created in 1998 and has been very controversial for its potential of being used as a backdoor.
Netcat In computing, netcat is a network utility for reading from and writing to network connections on either TCP or UDP. It is designed in a thin and simple way, which makes it easy to incorporate in larger applications.

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