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Next Generation Security Software Ltd Next Generation Security Software Ltd is a security company located in England that has primarily focused on Microsoft security issues. They have issued many advisories and tend to work closely with Microsoft - giving keynote presentations, etc .
Next Magazine Next Magazine (壹週ĺŠ) is a Chinese weekly magazine, published in Hong Kong and Taiwan with different versions. Owned by Jimmy Lai (黎智英), it is one of the most influential and controversial magazines in both regions.
Next Magazine (Santa Monica) Next Magazine was an internationally distributed music trade publication reaching key decision makers at record labels, radio stations, retail, and artist management. Next’s reputation was that of a trusted, and expertly researched, business reference and resource in an industry beset with lowest common denominator trade publications.
Next Media Pty Ltd Next Media is an Australian] media company founded in [[1987 by current CEO and publisher, Phil Keir. Situated in Redfern, a suburb of Sydney, Next Media publishes Rolling Stone (Australian version), Hyper, PC PowerPlay and a host of other youth, technology and entertainment related titles.
Next of Kin (novel) Next of Kin, also known as The Space Willies, is a science fiction comic novel by Eric Frank Russell. It is the story of a military misfit who successfully conducts a one-man psychological warfare operation against an alien race and its allies, with whom humans and allied races are at war.
Next Plateau Records Next Plateau Records is an American record label formed in the early 1980s. Focusing on the emerging New York hip hop music scene, the company earned substantial notoriety as an independent label, thanks heavily in part to the success of Salt N Pepa, it's biggest act to date.
Next sitting Friday Next sitting Friday is a term used in British politics to denote the next Friday during which the House of Commons "sits" - that is, hold debates and meetings. The term was needed as the House of Commons does not "sit" every Friday.
Next to You "Next to You" is a song written by Sting and recorded by The Police on their debut album Outlandos d'Amour in 1978. The song was performed regularly on the early Police tours, and Sting later included it during his 'Broken Music' tour in 2005-2006.
Next United Kingdom general election Under the provisions of the Parliament Acts of 1911 and 1949, the next United Kingdom general election must be held on or before 3 June 2010.Technically, the Parliament could vote to extend the lifetime of the current term beyond 5 years.
Next-Generation Secure Computing Base The Next-Generation Secure Computing Base (NGSCB), formerly known as Palladium, is a software architecture designed by Microsoft which is expected to implement parts of the controversial "Trusted Computing" concept on future versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system. NGSCB is part of Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing initiative.
NextBus NextBus is a vehicle tracking system for public transportation vehicles, especially buses and trams/light rail operations. Each vehicle is outfitted with a GPS receiver, which transmits data about bus or tram speed and location to produce projected arrival/departure times.
Nextcom R5000-HD The Nextcom R5000-HD is a popular Windows-based system for digitally capturing HD (high-definition) and SD (standard-definition) TV content from satellite TV and cable TV sources. A modification is required to the set-top box, giving it a USB 2.
Nextera Nextera is a pioneering independent Czech record label, founded in Prague in 1989, notable for discovering some of the most enduring artists in dance, ambient and electronic music. It was founded by Kristian Kotarac.
NextGen Partners NextGen Partners is a professional group of pre-partner venture capitalists, including principals, associates, analysts, and other related titles. Based in Silicon Valley, the group organizes social events, educational events, and community service projects that aim to build relationships in the venture capital community and promote the development of pre-partner venture capital professionals in the absence of more formal training.
NextGenTel NextGenTel is a Norwegian] telecommunications company located in [[Bergen (HQ), Trondheim, Oslo, Stavanger, and Kristiansand. They offer ADSL, SHDSL, ADSL2+, IP TV, IP Telephony, and are currently testing out WiMax solutions.
Nextjet Nextjet (or Next Jet, as the title is sometimes spelt on its own page) is a Swedish airline based in Sollentuna, which serves five domestic destinations with a 19-seater Beech 1900D from Stockholm-Arlanda airport's Terminal 3: Hagfors, Mora-Siljan, Sveg, Torsby and Ă–rebro.
NextMedia Group NextMedia Group is an out-of-home media company headquartered in Greenwood Village, Colorado. NextMedia owns and operates 58 radio stations and outdoor advertising properties in mid-sized markets throughout the United States.
NextScribe NextScribe is a non-profit organization that conducts research and development in the field of Computer Supported Spiritual Development (CSSD). The founder of NextScribe pioneered CSSD at the Monastery of Christ in the Desert in 1994, and NextScribe continues to conduct research in the field in partnership with both Catholic and Protestant organizations.
NextWave Wireless NextWave Wireless is an early-stage wireless technology company engaged in the development of next-generation mobile broadband and wireless multimedia products, technologies, and services. The Company develops proprietary chipsets and related network and device products based on the IEEE 802.
Nexus (argentine band) Nexus is an excellent progressive rock band from Argentina. Their prestige is extended around the entire world, with many shows performed in different countries (Argentina,Brazil, Mexico, USA, Chile, Panama) and important sales, reception and reviews of their albums.
Nexus (Mortal Kombat) The Nexus is a fictional plane of existence in the Mortal Kombat video game series that exists as a central hub between the various realms of existence. The concept was introduced in the game Mortal Kombat: Deception, as part of the game's Konquest mode.
Nexus (percussion ensemble) Nexus is a Toronto-based percussion ensemble made up of percussionists Bob Becker, Bill Cahn, Robin Engleman, Russell Hartenberger, and Garry Kvistad. The group formed in 1971 with a concert of entirely improvised music.
Nexus (The Rosy Crucifixion) Nexus is the third and final book in the trilogy The Rosy Crucifixion. It documents Henry Miller's troubles with his second wife Mona and her lover, Anastasia, and the period before his departure to Paris, France.
Nexus Books Nexus Books is a British imprint of Virgin Books, publishing sado-masochistic pornography written mostly for male straight readers. Virgin's other erotica imprint, Black Lace, accepts only work by women and markets primarily to women.
Nexus Editrice Founded in 1993, Nexus Editrice is an Italian game publisher. Nexus produces board games, role playing games, card games, miniature games, publishes magazines devoted to games, with original products and licensed editions of major international gaming brands.
Nexus of contracts The nexus of contracts theory is an idea put forth by a number of economists and legal commentators (most notable Frank Easterbrook of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit) which asserts that corporations are nothing more than a collection of contracts between different parties - primarily shareholders, directors, employees, suppliers, and customers. Proponents of this theory contend that all disputes about the obligations of a particular corporation should be settled by resort to the methods used to interpret contracts, and that courts should not imply the existence of fiduciary duties on behalf of corporate officers and directors.
Nexus Telecom Nexus Telecom is a Swiss company, based in Zurich, Switzerland, providing network management solutions for telecommunications companies. It has partnerships with several manufacturers including Siemens, Nortel, and Acterna.
NexxTech NexxTech is, along with Centrios, one of the house brands of Circuit City, The Source by Circuit City™ in Canada, an electronics retailer. This line of products is imported and distributed by the American company Orbyx Electronics, and primarily manufactured in the People's Republic of China.
NeXT Laser Printer The NeXT Laser Printer was a 400 DPI PostScript laser printer sold by NeXT from late 1988 to 1993 for the NeXTstation and NeXTcube workstations and manufactured by Canon. It included an adjustable paper tray, enabling it to print several paper sizes including A4, letter-size and envelopes.
NeXT MegaPixel Display The NeXT MegaPixel Display was a range of CRT-based computer monitors manufactured and sold by NeXT for the NeXTcube and NeXTstation workstations. It was available in 17" and 21" models with 1120 x 832 resolutions, 92 DPI and an integrated microphone and speaker.
NeXTdimension NeXTdimension (ND) was an accelerated 32 bit color board manufactured and sold by NeXT from 1990 that gave the NeXTcube color capabilities with PostScript. The NuBus card was a full size card for the NeXTcube, filling one of four slots, another one being filled with the main board itself.
NeXTMail NeXTMail was one of the first e-mail systems to support universally visible, clickable embedded graphics and audio within e-mail. NeXTMail evolved into Mail, the bundled e-mail application in Mac OS X, which was based on NeXTSTEP, the operating system that ran NeXTMail.
Ney González Sánchez Ney González Sánchez (born 1963) is a Mexican politician and the current Governor of Nayarit (2005-present). González Sánchez studied law in the Universidad AutĂłnoma de Nayarit (UAN) He is married to Maria del Rosario MejĂa González, and has three children, Charo, Estefania and Ney.
Neyaphem The Neyaphem are a group of demonic appearing mutants led by Azazel, (Nightcrawler's biological father) in a comic book series by Marvel Comics. They are a group of mutants from biblical times who live in the Brimstone Dimension.
Neyba Neyba (also spelt Neiba) is a city in the southwest of the Dominican Republic. It is the capital of Baoruco province, and is located 180 kilometres west of the national capital, Santo Domingo, close to the shore of Lake Enriquillo, the largest lake in the West Indies.
Neyer d-optimal test The Neyer D-Optimal Test is one way of analyzing a sensitivity test of explosives as described by Neyer in 1994. This method has replaced the earlier Bruceton analysis or "Up and Down Test" that was devised by Dixon and Mood in 1948 to allow computation with pencil and paper.
Neyman-Pearson lemma In statistics, the Neyman-Pearson lemma states that when performing a hypothesis test between two point hypotheses H0: θ=θ0 and H1: θ=θ1, then the likelihood-ratio test which rejects H0 in favour of H1 when
Neys Provincial Park Neys Provincial Park is a Natural Environment Class park within the Ontario Parks system. This 5384ha includes the historic Coldwell Peninnsula and the surrounding island system (added as part of Ontario Living Legacy in 2000-2001) consisting of: Pic Island, detention Island, and the Sullivan Islands.
Neyshabur Nishapur (or NeyshâbĂ»r; نیشابŮر in Persian) is a town in the province of Khorasan in northeastern Iran, situated in a fertile plain at the foot of the Binalud Mountains, near the regional capital of Mashhad.
Neyveli Lignite Corporation Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC) is the leading and biggest lignite mining and lignite-based power generating company in India. It is located in Neyveli 197 kilometres south of Chennai and seventy kilometres west of Pondicherry.
Neyyar Sanctuary Neyyar sanctuary in the southern state of Kerala in India is spread over the southeast corner of the Western Ghats, and covers a total area of 128 km². This is the drainage basin for the Neyyar River and its tributaries - Mullayar and Kallar.
Nez Perce The Nez Perce or Nez Percé (pronounced , or as in French) are a tribe of Native Americans who inhabited the Pacific Northwest region of the United States at the time of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. The Nez Perce's name for themselves is Ni-Mii-Puu (pronounced nee-mee-poo), which means simply "the People.
Nez Perce National Forest The Nez Perce National Forest is located in North Central Idaho in the northwestern United States. The forest is bounded on the east by the state of Montana, on the north by the Palouse region, and on the south and west by the Clearwater National Forest.
Nez Perce National Historical Park The Nez Perce National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park comprising 38 sites located throughout the states of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington which are the traditional aboriginal lands of the Nez Perce. The sites commemorate the history, culture and stories of the people.
Neza e Sultan Neza e Sultan (Urdu: Ů†ŰŚŘ˛Ű ŘłŮ„Ř·Ř§Ů† ) (Neza means spear; Sultan means King; literally Spear of Sultan) is located in Chagai District, Balochistan, Pakistan. Neza e Sultan is an extinct volcano and only the magma chamber remains and it looks like a spear.
Nezahualcoyotl Nezahualcoyotl (pronounced []) (meaning "Coyote in fast" in Nahuatl)The name is often spelled with a tz or accented as in Spanish: Nezahualcóyotl or Netzahualcóyotl), Layman's pronunciation of the name Nezahualcoyotl: nets-a-wall-COY-oatl.(1402 – 1472) was ruler (tlatoani) of the city-state of Texcoco in pre-Columbian Mexico.
Nezahualpilli Nezahualpilli (1464-1515) (Nahuatl: "starving prince") was ruler (tlatoani) of the Mesoamerican city-state of Texcoco, elected by the city's nobility after the death of his father, Nezahualcoyotl, in 1473.
Nezami NezÄmÄ« GanjavÄ« (; ;‎ 1141 – 1209), whose full name was NizÄm ad-DÄ«n AbĹ« Muhammad IlyÄs ibn-YusĹ«f ibn-ZakÄ« ibn-Mu'ayyid, is considered the greatest romantic epic poet in Persian literature, who brought a colloquial and realistic style to the Persian epic.Encyclopædia Britannica, "Nezami"Dr.
Nezavisne Novine Nezavisne Novine (English translation: Independent Newspaper) is a daily newspaper based in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The former Prime Minister of the Republika Srpska entity, Milorad Dodik, provided funding for the launch of the newspaper.
Nezha (deity) Nezha (Chinese: ĺ“Şĺ’; Japanese: Nataku or Nata) is a deity, the enfant terrible trickster, originally of Chinese mythology, though in the West he is perhaps more well known from Japanese anime. His official Taoist deity name is Zhongtan Yuanshuai.
Nezikin Nezikin (Hebrew: × ×–×™×§×™×ź, Damages) or Seder Nezikin (סדר × ×–×™×§×™×ź, The Order of Damages) is the fourth Order of the Mishna (also the Tosefta and Talmud). It deals largely with Jewish criminal and civil law and the Jewish court system.
Nezim Frakulla Nezim Frakulla (ca. 1680-1760), alternatively known as Nezim Berati or Ibrahim Nezimi, was the first major poet among the Bejtexhinj, popular poets in the Muslim tradition who wrote in Albanian but used Arabic script.
Nezu Art Museum The Nezu Art Museum, (Nezu Fine Arts Institute), located in the Aoyama district of Tokyo, Japan, houses the private collection of Nezu KaichirĹŤ (1860-1940). The museum opened to the public in 1940 and escaped the destruction suffered bythe estate property in the bombing of May 1945.
NE Brown Nicholas Edward Brown (July 11, 1849 Redhill, Surrey - November 25, 1934 Kew Gardens, London) was an English plant taxonomist and authority on succulents, Asclepiadaceae, Mesembryanthemaceae, Labiatae and Cape plants. He started work as an assistant in the Herbarium at Kew in 1873, and was Assistant Keeper from 1909-1914.
NEA Four The "NEA Four", Karen Finley, Tim Miller, John Fleck, and Holly Hughes, were performance artists whose proposed grants from the United States government's National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) were vetoed by John E. Frohnmayer in June 1990.
NEA Jazz Masters The NEA, or National Endowment for the Arts, every year honors up to seven jazz musicians with Jazz Master Awards. The National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Fellowships are the highest honors that the United States bestows upon jazz musicians.
NEAR Shoemaker The Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous - Shoemaker (NEAR Shoemaker), renamed after its launch in honor of planetary scientist Eugene M. Shoemaker, is an unmanned spacecraft designed to study the near-Earth asteroid Eros from close orbit over a period of a year.
NEARfest The North East Art Rock Festival, or NEARfest for short, is a two-day event celebrating the resurgence of art rock and eclectic music in the United States and around the world. The event is held annually in early summer in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, one hour north of Philadelphia.
NEBS NEBS (Network Equipment-Building System) describes the environment of a typical United States RBOC Central Office. NEBS is the most common set of safety, spatial and environmental design guidelines applied to telecommunications equipment in the United States.
NEC Display Solutions NEC Display Solutions is a manufacturer of computer monitors and large-screen public-information displays and has sold and marketed products under the NEC brand globally for more than twenty years. The company sells display products to the consumer, business, professional (e.
NEC PC-8801 The NEC PC-8801 system was introduced by the NEC Corporation in 1981 and was an early Zilog Z80-based computer. The PC-88, as it is informally called, became very popular in Japan but did not see release in other markets.
NEC RISCstation The NEC RISCstation was a line of computer workstations made by NEC in the mid-1990s, based on MIPS RISC microprocessors and designed to run Microsoft Windows NT. A series of nearly identical machines were also sold by NEC in headless (i.
NEC SX-8 The SX-8 is a supercomputer built by NEC Corporation. The SX-8 Series implements an eight-way SMP system in a compact node module and uses an enhanced version of the single chip vector processor that was introduced with the SX-6.
NEC UltraLite The NEC UltraLite was the first full function MS-DOS based portable computer in a "notebook" size. PC Magazine featured the UltraLite on its cover in November of 1988 and shortly thereafter journalists began referring to the A4 sized computer as a "notebook" to distinguish it from the larger and heavier laptops of the time.
NEC V20 The NEC V20 (ÎĽPD70108) was a processor made by NEC that featured approximately 29,000 transistors. It was a reversed-engineered, pin-compatible version of an Intel 8088 processor (code compatible with the Intel 80186) that ran at 8 to 12 megahertz.
NECSA Necsa formerly the Nuclear Energy Corporation of South Africa, was established as a public company by the Union of South Africa Nuclear Energy Act in 1999 and is wholly owned by the State. Apart from several ancillary functions, the main functions of Necsa are to undertake and promote research and development in the field of nuclear energy and related technologies; to process and store nuclear material and other restricted material; and to co-ordinate with other organisations in matters falling within these spheres.
NEdit NEdit, the Nirvana editor, is a popular text editor and source code editor for the X Window System. It has an interface similar to text editors on Microsoft Windows and Macintosh, rather than to older UNIX editors like Emacs.
NED University of Engineering and Technology Nadirshaw Edulji Dinshaw University of Engineering and Technology (NED University) is the largest and oldest engineering institution of Pakistan, located in Karachi, Sindh. The university was originally founded as the Prince of Wales's Engineering College with donations from Karachi citizens to commemorate the visit of the Prince of Wales in 1921.
NEED- NĂşcleo de Estudos em Ética e Desconstrução NEED- NĂşcleo de Estudos em Ética e Desconstrução (Study Group in Ethics and Deconstruction) was founded in 2002 by Paulo Cesar Duque-Estrada, Professor and Chairman of the Philosophy Department of PontifĂcia Universidade CatĂłlica do Rio de Janeiro and some of his post-graduate students; Ana Maria Continentino, AndrĂ© Borges, Carla Rodrigues, Ligia Saramago, Rachel Nigro, Rafael Haddock-Lobo and Tatiana Grenha.
NEET NEET is a government classification, first used in the United Kingdom but whose use has spread to other countries, including Japan and South Korea. The classification is "Not currently engaged in Employment, Education or Training".
NEFAC NEFAC (the North Eastern Federation of Anarchist Communists or the Fédération des Communistes Libertaires du Nord-Est) is a platformist, anarchist communist organization, associated with International Libertarian Solidarity and consisting of active member collectives in Canada and the United States. This is one of the largest anarchist societies in North America.
NEFOS In 1955 the Bandung Conference hosted by Achmed Sukarno [the first president of the Republic of Indonesia] consisted of twenty-nine nations, all of whom claimed 'Third World' status as beholden to neither the United States nor the USSR. Achmed Sukarno portrayed himself as the leader of this 'Third World' group, naming it NEFOS (Newly Emerging Forces).
NEG Micon NEG Micon is a former Danish wind turbine manufacturer and was one of the largest of its kind in the world. The company was merged with another Danish windmill manufactor, Vestas, in 2003 and it is now known as Vestas Wind Systems.
NEL pipeline The NEL (Norddeutsche Erdgas Leitung) is a 370 km long planned natural gas pipeline in Germany, which will connect the planned Nord Stream pipeline with the with the Rehden-Hamburg gas pipeline. It will run from Greifswald to Achim near Rehden.
NELHA The Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii is an education and research facility founded in 1974 for research into the uses of Deep Ocean Water in Ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) renewable energy production and in aquaculture. It promotes sustainable uses of natural energy sources including solar research.
NELSAP NELSAP, which stands for the New England Lost Ski Areas Project, is a Web-based organization that concerns the history of downhill ski areas, mostly in the American northeast. In recent years it has also organized hikes, research projects, and lectures.
NEMA (machine) In the history of cryptography, the NEMA (NEue MAschine) ("new machine"), also designated the T-D (Tasten-Druecker-Maschine) ("key-stroke machine"), was a 10-wheel rotor machine designed by the Swiss Army during World War II as a replacement for their Enigma machines.
NEMMCO The National Electricity Market Management Company Limited (NEMMCO) is the Wholesale Market and Power System Operator for the Australian National Electricity Market (NEM). NEMMCO was established in 1996 to administer and manage the NEM, develop the market and continually improve its efficiency.
NEMO (video game system) The NEMO was an unreleased video game console developed by Hasbro, notable for using VHS tapes rather than cartridges. It is notable because several of the games (most notably Sewer Shark and Night Trap) were eventually released on other systems (usually disc based):Sega CD, 3DO etc.
NEODyS NEODyS (Near Earth Objects Dynamic Site) is an Italian-based service that tracks all near-earth asteroids, including calculation of orbital elements and impact threat assessment. Together with NASA JPL's Near Earth Asteroid Tracking Program, it is one of the two main sources of information about near-earth objects.
NER Class T2 The North Eastern Railway Class T2, classified as Class Q6 by the LNER, is a class of 0-8-0 steam locomotive designed for heavy freight. 120 were built between 1913 and 1921 to the design of Vincent Raven, based on the NER Classes T and T1 (LNER Q5).
NERA Economic Consulting NERA Economic Consulting is a firm consisting principally of economists forming part of the Mercer Specialty Consulting which in turn is part of Marsh & McLennan Companies. It is one of the leading economic consulting firms in the US and worldwide.
NERC Data Centres The Natural Environment Research Council has eight subject-based data centres to store and distribute data from its own research programmes and data that are of general use to the environmental research community. These data centres are sometimes called the NERC designated data centres.
NERC Tag A NERC Tag, also commonly referred to as an E-Tag, represents a transaction on the North American bulk electricity market scheduled to flow within, between or across electric utility company territories. The NERC Tag is named for the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), which is the entity that was responsible for the implementation of the first energy tagging processes.
NERF N-Strike NERF N-Strike is a line of blasters from NERF, a subcompany of Hasbro, Inc. In the N-Strike Universe, N-Strike personnel protect the 5 Sectors of the Solar System from things such as garden-variety criminals, to big-time villains such as Kree Dalenn, and the like.
NERIST NERIST (North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology), based in Nirjuli in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, was established by the government of India as a premier technical institute for science and technology, and opened to students in 1986. 0
NERO International NERO International is a Live action role-playing game (or LARP) played in the United States and Canada. NERO stands for "New England Roleplaying Organization", but this is actually somewhat of a misnomer, as the game has expanded beyond its original New England roots.
NES Advantage The NES Advantage was a large joystick sold for the Nintendo Entertainment System beginning in 1987. The device was meant to rest on a flat surface at a comfortable level, such as a tabletop, or the floor while the player was seated in front of it.
NES Lockout The NES Lockout was a device attached to the open bay of a front-loading NES system that prevented game play. The idea behind the device was to allow parents to keep kids from playing the Nintendo when they weren't supposed to.
NES Max The NES Max was a gamepad that was released by Nintendo for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1988. Like many later controllers (such as the PlayStation's and N64's), it had "wings": handles that extend from the edges of the pad, making it more comfortable to hold.
NES Open Tournament Golf NES Open Tournament Golf, (Mario Open Golf in Japan), is a golf-based video game released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1991. It is actually the fifth game featuring Mario as the golfer, but it is only one of three to be released outside of Japan, the previous two being the NES and Game Boy games, both known simply as "Golf".
NES Zapper The NES Zapper (or Famicom Light Gun in Japan) is a pistol-shaped electronic light gun sold as part of the original Nintendo Entertainment System in 1985 and the Nintendo Famicom in 1984. The Japanese iteration was a realistic portrayal of a revolver style hand gun, but when released in North America was made to look like an unrealistic science fiction ray gun that also tied into the design of the NES.
NES-on-a-chip An NES-on-a-chip (NOAC) is a single CMOS integrated circuit which duplicates the functionality of the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES, known in Asia as the Famicom) video game console. However, NOACs tend to poorly recreate the NES system's circuitry, which causes inaccurate colors, inaccurate audio, missing sounds, additional glitches, and the inability to run certain NES and Famicom games.
NESARA conspiracy theory NESARA is an acronym for the National Economic Security and Reformation Act (sometimes National Economic Stabilization and Recovery Act), a bill which was allegedly passed during a secret session of the United States Congress and signed into law by Bill Clinton shortly before he left office. Supporters of NESARA claim that it has provisions which would entirely reorganize the U.
NESSIE NESSIE (New European Schemes for Signatures, Integrity and Encryption) was a European research project funded from 2000–2003 to identify secure cryptographic primitives. The project was comparable to the NIST AES process and the Japanese Government-sponsored CRYPTREC project, but with notable differences from both.
NESten NESten is a software emulator for running Nintendo Entertainment System and Famicom videogame console programs in Microsoft Windows. NESten was originally written by two anonymous authors known as "TNSe" and "The Quietust" in 1999.
NEST M New Explorations into Science, Technology and Math, usually referred to as NEST+m, is a public school, located at 111 Columbia Street on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, which serves New York City students from kindergarten through grade twelve. Students are selected based on grades, test scores, and personal interviews.
NESTA The National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts is an endowment in the United Kingdom established by an Act of Parliament in 1998 to help maximise the UK's creative and innovative potential. NESTA is working to increase the UK’s capacity for innovation by investing in all stages of the innovation process, backing new ideas and funding new ventures that stimulate entrepreneurship.
NESTO NESTO stands for Native English Speaking Teen Olim which is a youth organization for young Anglo's who have moved to Israel in recent years. The Word Olim comes from the Hebrew words Oleh which means to "come up" which is the term used to describe a person who has moved to Israel from Diaspora.
NET Act The United States No Electronic Theft Act (NET Act), a federal law passed in 1997, provides for criminal prosecution of individuals who engage in copyright infringement, even when there is no monetary profit or commercial benefit from the infringement. Maximum penalties can be five years in prison and up to $250,000 in fines.
Next Magazine Next Magazine (壹週ĺŠ) is a Chinese weekly magazine, published in Hong Kong and Taiwan with different versions. Owned by Jimmy Lai (黎智英), it is one of the most influential and controversial magazines in both regions.
Next Magazine (Santa Monica) Next Magazine was an internationally distributed music trade publication reaching key decision makers at record labels, radio stations, retail, and artist management. Next’s reputation was that of a trusted, and expertly researched, business reference and resource in an industry beset with lowest common denominator trade publications.
Next Media Pty Ltd Next Media is an Australian] media company founded in [[1987 by current CEO and publisher, Phil Keir. Situated in Redfern, a suburb of Sydney, Next Media publishes Rolling Stone (Australian version), Hyper, PC PowerPlay and a host of other youth, technology and entertainment related titles.
Next of Kin (novel) Next of Kin, also known as The Space Willies, is a science fiction comic novel by Eric Frank Russell. It is the story of a military misfit who successfully conducts a one-man psychological warfare operation against an alien race and its allies, with whom humans and allied races are at war.
Next Plateau Records Next Plateau Records is an American record label formed in the early 1980s. Focusing on the emerging New York hip hop music scene, the company earned substantial notoriety as an independent label, thanks heavily in part to the success of Salt N Pepa, it's biggest act to date.
Next sitting Friday Next sitting Friday is a term used in British politics to denote the next Friday during which the House of Commons "sits" - that is, hold debates and meetings. The term was needed as the House of Commons does not "sit" every Friday.
Next to You "Next to You" is a song written by Sting and recorded by The Police on their debut album Outlandos d'Amour in 1978. The song was performed regularly on the early Police tours, and Sting later included it during his 'Broken Music' tour in 2005-2006.
Next United Kingdom general election Under the provisions of the Parliament Acts of 1911 and 1949, the next United Kingdom general election must be held on or before 3 June 2010.Technically, the Parliament could vote to extend the lifetime of the current term beyond 5 years.
Next-Generation Secure Computing Base The Next-Generation Secure Computing Base (NGSCB), formerly known as Palladium, is a software architecture designed by Microsoft which is expected to implement parts of the controversial "Trusted Computing" concept on future versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system. NGSCB is part of Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing initiative.
NextBus NextBus is a vehicle tracking system for public transportation vehicles, especially buses and trams/light rail operations. Each vehicle is outfitted with a GPS receiver, which transmits data about bus or tram speed and location to produce projected arrival/departure times.
Nextcom R5000-HD The Nextcom R5000-HD is a popular Windows-based system for digitally capturing HD (high-definition) and SD (standard-definition) TV content from satellite TV and cable TV sources. A modification is required to the set-top box, giving it a USB 2.
Nextera Nextera is a pioneering independent Czech record label, founded in Prague in 1989, notable for discovering some of the most enduring artists in dance, ambient and electronic music. It was founded by Kristian Kotarac.
NextGen Partners NextGen Partners is a professional group of pre-partner venture capitalists, including principals, associates, analysts, and other related titles. Based in Silicon Valley, the group organizes social events, educational events, and community service projects that aim to build relationships in the venture capital community and promote the development of pre-partner venture capital professionals in the absence of more formal training.
NextGenTel NextGenTel is a Norwegian] telecommunications company located in [[Bergen (HQ), Trondheim, Oslo, Stavanger, and Kristiansand. They offer ADSL, SHDSL, ADSL2+, IP TV, IP Telephony, and are currently testing out WiMax solutions.
Nextjet Nextjet (or Next Jet, as the title is sometimes spelt on its own page) is a Swedish airline based in Sollentuna, which serves five domestic destinations with a 19-seater Beech 1900D from Stockholm-Arlanda airport's Terminal 3: Hagfors, Mora-Siljan, Sveg, Torsby and Ă–rebro.
NextMedia Group NextMedia Group is an out-of-home media company headquartered in Greenwood Village, Colorado. NextMedia owns and operates 58 radio stations and outdoor advertising properties in mid-sized markets throughout the United States.
NextScribe NextScribe is a non-profit organization that conducts research and development in the field of Computer Supported Spiritual Development (CSSD). The founder of NextScribe pioneered CSSD at the Monastery of Christ in the Desert in 1994, and NextScribe continues to conduct research in the field in partnership with both Catholic and Protestant organizations.
NextWave Wireless NextWave Wireless is an early-stage wireless technology company engaged in the development of next-generation mobile broadband and wireless multimedia products, technologies, and services. The Company develops proprietary chipsets and related network and device products based on the IEEE 802.
Nexus (argentine band) Nexus is an excellent progressive rock band from Argentina. Their prestige is extended around the entire world, with many shows performed in different countries (Argentina,Brazil, Mexico, USA, Chile, Panama) and important sales, reception and reviews of their albums.
Nexus (Mortal Kombat) The Nexus is a fictional plane of existence in the Mortal Kombat video game series that exists as a central hub between the various realms of existence. The concept was introduced in the game Mortal Kombat: Deception, as part of the game's Konquest mode.
Nexus (percussion ensemble) Nexus is a Toronto-based percussion ensemble made up of percussionists Bob Becker, Bill Cahn, Robin Engleman, Russell Hartenberger, and Garry Kvistad. The group formed in 1971 with a concert of entirely improvised music.
Nexus (The Rosy Crucifixion) Nexus is the third and final book in the trilogy The Rosy Crucifixion. It documents Henry Miller's troubles with his second wife Mona and her lover, Anastasia, and the period before his departure to Paris, France.
Nexus Books Nexus Books is a British imprint of Virgin Books, publishing sado-masochistic pornography written mostly for male straight readers. Virgin's other erotica imprint, Black Lace, accepts only work by women and markets primarily to women.
Nexus Editrice Founded in 1993, Nexus Editrice is an Italian game publisher. Nexus produces board games, role playing games, card games, miniature games, publishes magazines devoted to games, with original products and licensed editions of major international gaming brands.
Nexus of contracts The nexus of contracts theory is an idea put forth by a number of economists and legal commentators (most notable Frank Easterbrook of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit) which asserts that corporations are nothing more than a collection of contracts between different parties - primarily shareholders, directors, employees, suppliers, and customers. Proponents of this theory contend that all disputes about the obligations of a particular corporation should be settled by resort to the methods used to interpret contracts, and that courts should not imply the existence of fiduciary duties on behalf of corporate officers and directors.
Nexus Telecom Nexus Telecom is a Swiss company, based in Zurich, Switzerland, providing network management solutions for telecommunications companies. It has partnerships with several manufacturers including Siemens, Nortel, and Acterna.
NexxTech NexxTech is, along with Centrios, one of the house brands of Circuit City, The Source by Circuit City™ in Canada, an electronics retailer. This line of products is imported and distributed by the American company Orbyx Electronics, and primarily manufactured in the People's Republic of China.
NeXT Laser Printer The NeXT Laser Printer was a 400 DPI PostScript laser printer sold by NeXT from late 1988 to 1993 for the NeXTstation and NeXTcube workstations and manufactured by Canon. It included an adjustable paper tray, enabling it to print several paper sizes including A4, letter-size and envelopes.
NeXT MegaPixel Display The NeXT MegaPixel Display was a range of CRT-based computer monitors manufactured and sold by NeXT for the NeXTcube and NeXTstation workstations. It was available in 17" and 21" models with 1120 x 832 resolutions, 92 DPI and an integrated microphone and speaker.
NeXTdimension NeXTdimension (ND) was an accelerated 32 bit color board manufactured and sold by NeXT from 1990 that gave the NeXTcube color capabilities with PostScript. The NuBus card was a full size card for the NeXTcube, filling one of four slots, another one being filled with the main board itself.
NeXTMail NeXTMail was one of the first e-mail systems to support universally visible, clickable embedded graphics and audio within e-mail. NeXTMail evolved into Mail, the bundled e-mail application in Mac OS X, which was based on NeXTSTEP, the operating system that ran NeXTMail.
Ney González Sánchez Ney González Sánchez (born 1963) is a Mexican politician and the current Governor of Nayarit (2005-present). González Sánchez studied law in the Universidad AutĂłnoma de Nayarit (UAN) He is married to Maria del Rosario MejĂa González, and has three children, Charo, Estefania and Ney.
Neyaphem The Neyaphem are a group of demonic appearing mutants led by Azazel, (Nightcrawler's biological father) in a comic book series by Marvel Comics. They are a group of mutants from biblical times who live in the Brimstone Dimension.
Neyba Neyba (also spelt Neiba) is a city in the southwest of the Dominican Republic. It is the capital of Baoruco province, and is located 180 kilometres west of the national capital, Santo Domingo, close to the shore of Lake Enriquillo, the largest lake in the West Indies.
Neyer d-optimal test The Neyer D-Optimal Test is one way of analyzing a sensitivity test of explosives as described by Neyer in 1994. This method has replaced the earlier Bruceton analysis or "Up and Down Test" that was devised by Dixon and Mood in 1948 to allow computation with pencil and paper.
Neyman-Pearson lemma In statistics, the Neyman-Pearson lemma states that when performing a hypothesis test between two point hypotheses H0: θ=θ0 and H1: θ=θ1, then the likelihood-ratio test which rejects H0 in favour of H1 when
Neys Provincial Park Neys Provincial Park is a Natural Environment Class park within the Ontario Parks system. This 5384ha includes the historic Coldwell Peninnsula and the surrounding island system (added as part of Ontario Living Legacy in 2000-2001) consisting of: Pic Island, detention Island, and the Sullivan Islands.
Neyshabur Nishapur (or NeyshâbĂ»r; نیشابŮر in Persian) is a town in the province of Khorasan in northeastern Iran, situated in a fertile plain at the foot of the Binalud Mountains, near the regional capital of Mashhad.
Neyveli Lignite Corporation Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC) is the leading and biggest lignite mining and lignite-based power generating company in India. It is located in Neyveli 197 kilometres south of Chennai and seventy kilometres west of Pondicherry.
Neyyar Sanctuary Neyyar sanctuary in the southern state of Kerala in India is spread over the southeast corner of the Western Ghats, and covers a total area of 128 km². This is the drainage basin for the Neyyar River and its tributaries - Mullayar and Kallar.
Nez Perce The Nez Perce or Nez Percé (pronounced , or as in French) are a tribe of Native Americans who inhabited the Pacific Northwest region of the United States at the time of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. The Nez Perce's name for themselves is Ni-Mii-Puu (pronounced nee-mee-poo), which means simply "the People.
Nez Perce National Forest The Nez Perce National Forest is located in North Central Idaho in the northwestern United States. The forest is bounded on the east by the state of Montana, on the north by the Palouse region, and on the south and west by the Clearwater National Forest.
Nez Perce National Historical Park The Nez Perce National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park comprising 38 sites located throughout the states of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington which are the traditional aboriginal lands of the Nez Perce. The sites commemorate the history, culture and stories of the people.
Neza e Sultan Neza e Sultan (Urdu: Ů†ŰŚŘ˛Ű ŘłŮ„Ř·Ř§Ů† ) (Neza means spear; Sultan means King; literally Spear of Sultan) is located in Chagai District, Balochistan, Pakistan. Neza e Sultan is an extinct volcano and only the magma chamber remains and it looks like a spear.
Nezahualcoyotl Nezahualcoyotl (pronounced []) (meaning "Coyote in fast" in Nahuatl)The name is often spelled with a tz or accented as in Spanish: Nezahualcóyotl or Netzahualcóyotl), Layman's pronunciation of the name Nezahualcoyotl: nets-a-wall-COY-oatl.(1402 – 1472) was ruler (tlatoani) of the city-state of Texcoco in pre-Columbian Mexico.
Nezahualpilli Nezahualpilli (1464-1515) (Nahuatl: "starving prince") was ruler (tlatoani) of the Mesoamerican city-state of Texcoco, elected by the city's nobility after the death of his father, Nezahualcoyotl, in 1473.
Nezami NezÄmÄ« GanjavÄ« (; ;‎ 1141 – 1209), whose full name was NizÄm ad-DÄ«n AbĹ« Muhammad IlyÄs ibn-YusĹ«f ibn-ZakÄ« ibn-Mu'ayyid, is considered the greatest romantic epic poet in Persian literature, who brought a colloquial and realistic style to the Persian epic.Encyclopædia Britannica, "Nezami"Dr.
Nezavisne Novine Nezavisne Novine (English translation: Independent Newspaper) is a daily newspaper based in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The former Prime Minister of the Republika Srpska entity, Milorad Dodik, provided funding for the launch of the newspaper.
Nezha (deity) Nezha (Chinese: ĺ“Şĺ’; Japanese: Nataku or Nata) is a deity, the enfant terrible trickster, originally of Chinese mythology, though in the West he is perhaps more well known from Japanese anime. His official Taoist deity name is Zhongtan Yuanshuai.
Nezikin Nezikin (Hebrew: × ×–×™×§×™×ź, Damages) or Seder Nezikin (סדר × ×–×™×§×™×ź, The Order of Damages) is the fourth Order of the Mishna (also the Tosefta and Talmud). It deals largely with Jewish criminal and civil law and the Jewish court system.
Nezim Frakulla Nezim Frakulla (ca. 1680-1760), alternatively known as Nezim Berati or Ibrahim Nezimi, was the first major poet among the Bejtexhinj, popular poets in the Muslim tradition who wrote in Albanian but used Arabic script.
Nezu Art Museum The Nezu Art Museum, (Nezu Fine Arts Institute), located in the Aoyama district of Tokyo, Japan, houses the private collection of Nezu KaichirĹŤ (1860-1940). The museum opened to the public in 1940 and escaped the destruction suffered bythe estate property in the bombing of May 1945.
NE Brown Nicholas Edward Brown (July 11, 1849 Redhill, Surrey - November 25, 1934 Kew Gardens, London) was an English plant taxonomist and authority on succulents, Asclepiadaceae, Mesembryanthemaceae, Labiatae and Cape plants. He started work as an assistant in the Herbarium at Kew in 1873, and was Assistant Keeper from 1909-1914.
NEA Four The "NEA Four", Karen Finley, Tim Miller, John Fleck, and Holly Hughes, were performance artists whose proposed grants from the United States government's National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) were vetoed by John E. Frohnmayer in June 1990.
NEA Jazz Masters The NEA, or National Endowment for the Arts, every year honors up to seven jazz musicians with Jazz Master Awards. The National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Fellowships are the highest honors that the United States bestows upon jazz musicians.
NEAR Shoemaker The Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous - Shoemaker (NEAR Shoemaker), renamed after its launch in honor of planetary scientist Eugene M. Shoemaker, is an unmanned spacecraft designed to study the near-Earth asteroid Eros from close orbit over a period of a year.
NEARfest The North East Art Rock Festival, or NEARfest for short, is a two-day event celebrating the resurgence of art rock and eclectic music in the United States and around the world. The event is held annually in early summer in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, one hour north of Philadelphia.
NEBS NEBS (Network Equipment-Building System) describes the environment of a typical United States RBOC Central Office. NEBS is the most common set of safety, spatial and environmental design guidelines applied to telecommunications equipment in the United States.
NEC Display Solutions NEC Display Solutions is a manufacturer of computer monitors and large-screen public-information displays and has sold and marketed products under the NEC brand globally for more than twenty years. The company sells display products to the consumer, business, professional (e.
NEC PC-8801 The NEC PC-8801 system was introduced by the NEC Corporation in 1981 and was an early Zilog Z80-based computer. The PC-88, as it is informally called, became very popular in Japan but did not see release in other markets.
NEC RISCstation The NEC RISCstation was a line of computer workstations made by NEC in the mid-1990s, based on MIPS RISC microprocessors and designed to run Microsoft Windows NT. A series of nearly identical machines were also sold by NEC in headless (i.
NEC SX-8 The SX-8 is a supercomputer built by NEC Corporation. The SX-8 Series implements an eight-way SMP system in a compact node module and uses an enhanced version of the single chip vector processor that was introduced with the SX-6.
NEC UltraLite The NEC UltraLite was the first full function MS-DOS based portable computer in a "notebook" size. PC Magazine featured the UltraLite on its cover in November of 1988 and shortly thereafter journalists began referring to the A4 sized computer as a "notebook" to distinguish it from the larger and heavier laptops of the time.
NEC V20 The NEC V20 (ÎĽPD70108) was a processor made by NEC that featured approximately 29,000 transistors. It was a reversed-engineered, pin-compatible version of an Intel 8088 processor (code compatible with the Intel 80186) that ran at 8 to 12 megahertz.
NECSA Necsa formerly the Nuclear Energy Corporation of South Africa, was established as a public company by the Union of South Africa Nuclear Energy Act in 1999 and is wholly owned by the State. Apart from several ancillary functions, the main functions of Necsa are to undertake and promote research and development in the field of nuclear energy and related technologies; to process and store nuclear material and other restricted material; and to co-ordinate with other organisations in matters falling within these spheres.
NEdit NEdit, the Nirvana editor, is a popular text editor and source code editor for the X Window System. It has an interface similar to text editors on Microsoft Windows and Macintosh, rather than to older UNIX editors like Emacs.
NED University of Engineering and Technology Nadirshaw Edulji Dinshaw University of Engineering and Technology (NED University) is the largest and oldest engineering institution of Pakistan, located in Karachi, Sindh. The university was originally founded as the Prince of Wales's Engineering College with donations from Karachi citizens to commemorate the visit of the Prince of Wales in 1921.
NEED- NĂşcleo de Estudos em Ética e Desconstrução NEED- NĂşcleo de Estudos em Ética e Desconstrução (Study Group in Ethics and Deconstruction) was founded in 2002 by Paulo Cesar Duque-Estrada, Professor and Chairman of the Philosophy Department of PontifĂcia Universidade CatĂłlica do Rio de Janeiro and some of his post-graduate students; Ana Maria Continentino, AndrĂ© Borges, Carla Rodrigues, Ligia Saramago, Rachel Nigro, Rafael Haddock-Lobo and Tatiana Grenha.
NEET NEET is a government classification, first used in the United Kingdom but whose use has spread to other countries, including Japan and South Korea. The classification is "Not currently engaged in Employment, Education or Training".
NEFAC NEFAC (the North Eastern Federation of Anarchist Communists or the Fédération des Communistes Libertaires du Nord-Est) is a platformist, anarchist communist organization, associated with International Libertarian Solidarity and consisting of active member collectives in Canada and the United States. This is one of the largest anarchist societies in North America.
NEFOS In 1955 the Bandung Conference hosted by Achmed Sukarno [the first president of the Republic of Indonesia] consisted of twenty-nine nations, all of whom claimed 'Third World' status as beholden to neither the United States nor the USSR. Achmed Sukarno portrayed himself as the leader of this 'Third World' group, naming it NEFOS (Newly Emerging Forces).
NEG Micon NEG Micon is a former Danish wind turbine manufacturer and was one of the largest of its kind in the world. The company was merged with another Danish windmill manufactor, Vestas, in 2003 and it is now known as Vestas Wind Systems.
NEL pipeline The NEL (Norddeutsche Erdgas Leitung) is a 370 km long planned natural gas pipeline in Germany, which will connect the planned Nord Stream pipeline with the with the Rehden-Hamburg gas pipeline. It will run from Greifswald to Achim near Rehden.
NELHA The Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii is an education and research facility founded in 1974 for research into the uses of Deep Ocean Water in Ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) renewable energy production and in aquaculture. It promotes sustainable uses of natural energy sources including solar research.
NELSAP NELSAP, which stands for the New England Lost Ski Areas Project, is a Web-based organization that concerns the history of downhill ski areas, mostly in the American northeast. In recent years it has also organized hikes, research projects, and lectures.
NEMA (machine) In the history of cryptography, the NEMA (NEue MAschine) ("new machine"), also designated the T-D (Tasten-Druecker-Maschine) ("key-stroke machine"), was a 10-wheel rotor machine designed by the Swiss Army during World War II as a replacement for their Enigma machines.
NEMMCO The National Electricity Market Management Company Limited (NEMMCO) is the Wholesale Market and Power System Operator for the Australian National Electricity Market (NEM). NEMMCO was established in 1996 to administer and manage the NEM, develop the market and continually improve its efficiency.
NEMO (video game system) The NEMO was an unreleased video game console developed by Hasbro, notable for using VHS tapes rather than cartridges. It is notable because several of the games (most notably Sewer Shark and Night Trap) were eventually released on other systems (usually disc based):Sega CD, 3DO etc.
NEODyS NEODyS (Near Earth Objects Dynamic Site) is an Italian-based service that tracks all near-earth asteroids, including calculation of orbital elements and impact threat assessment. Together with NASA JPL's Near Earth Asteroid Tracking Program, it is one of the two main sources of information about near-earth objects.
NER Class T2 The North Eastern Railway Class T2, classified as Class Q6 by the LNER, is a class of 0-8-0 steam locomotive designed for heavy freight. 120 were built between 1913 and 1921 to the design of Vincent Raven, based on the NER Classes T and T1 (LNER Q5).
NERA Economic Consulting NERA Economic Consulting is a firm consisting principally of economists forming part of the Mercer Specialty Consulting which in turn is part of Marsh & McLennan Companies. It is one of the leading economic consulting firms in the US and worldwide.
NERC Data Centres The Natural Environment Research Council has eight subject-based data centres to store and distribute data from its own research programmes and data that are of general use to the environmental research community. These data centres are sometimes called the NERC designated data centres.
NERC Tag A NERC Tag, also commonly referred to as an E-Tag, represents a transaction on the North American bulk electricity market scheduled to flow within, between or across electric utility company territories. The NERC Tag is named for the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), which is the entity that was responsible for the implementation of the first energy tagging processes.
NERF N-Strike NERF N-Strike is a line of blasters from NERF, a subcompany of Hasbro, Inc. In the N-Strike Universe, N-Strike personnel protect the 5 Sectors of the Solar System from things such as garden-variety criminals, to big-time villains such as Kree Dalenn, and the like.
NERIST NERIST (North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology), based in Nirjuli in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, was established by the government of India as a premier technical institute for science and technology, and opened to students in 1986. 0
NERO International NERO International is a Live action role-playing game (or LARP) played in the United States and Canada. NERO stands for "New England Roleplaying Organization", but this is actually somewhat of a misnomer, as the game has expanded beyond its original New England roots.
NES Advantage The NES Advantage was a large joystick sold for the Nintendo Entertainment System beginning in 1987. The device was meant to rest on a flat surface at a comfortable level, such as a tabletop, or the floor while the player was seated in front of it.
NES Lockout The NES Lockout was a device attached to the open bay of a front-loading NES system that prevented game play. The idea behind the device was to allow parents to keep kids from playing the Nintendo when they weren't supposed to.
NES Max The NES Max was a gamepad that was released by Nintendo for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1988. Like many later controllers (such as the PlayStation's and N64's), it had "wings": handles that extend from the edges of the pad, making it more comfortable to hold.
NES Open Tournament Golf NES Open Tournament Golf, (Mario Open Golf in Japan), is a golf-based video game released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1991. It is actually the fifth game featuring Mario as the golfer, but it is only one of three to be released outside of Japan, the previous two being the NES and Game Boy games, both known simply as "Golf".
NES Zapper The NES Zapper (or Famicom Light Gun in Japan) is a pistol-shaped electronic light gun sold as part of the original Nintendo Entertainment System in 1985 and the Nintendo Famicom in 1984. The Japanese iteration was a realistic portrayal of a revolver style hand gun, but when released in North America was made to look like an unrealistic science fiction ray gun that also tied into the design of the NES.
NES-on-a-chip An NES-on-a-chip (NOAC) is a single CMOS integrated circuit which duplicates the functionality of the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES, known in Asia as the Famicom) video game console. However, NOACs tend to poorly recreate the NES system's circuitry, which causes inaccurate colors, inaccurate audio, missing sounds, additional glitches, and the inability to run certain NES and Famicom games.
NESARA conspiracy theory NESARA is an acronym for the National Economic Security and Reformation Act (sometimes National Economic Stabilization and Recovery Act), a bill which was allegedly passed during a secret session of the United States Congress and signed into law by Bill Clinton shortly before he left office. Supporters of NESARA claim that it has provisions which would entirely reorganize the U.
NESSIE NESSIE (New European Schemes for Signatures, Integrity and Encryption) was a European research project funded from 2000–2003 to identify secure cryptographic primitives. The project was comparable to the NIST AES process and the Japanese Government-sponsored CRYPTREC project, but with notable differences from both.
NESten NESten is a software emulator for running Nintendo Entertainment System and Famicom videogame console programs in Microsoft Windows. NESten was originally written by two anonymous authors known as "TNSe" and "The Quietust" in 1999.
NEST M New Explorations into Science, Technology and Math, usually referred to as NEST+m, is a public school, located at 111 Columbia Street on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, which serves New York City students from kindergarten through grade twelve. Students are selected based on grades, test scores, and personal interviews.
NESTA The National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts is an endowment in the United Kingdom established by an Act of Parliament in 1998 to help maximise the UK's creative and innovative potential. NESTA is working to increase the UK’s capacity for innovation by investing in all stages of the innovation process, backing new ideas and funding new ventures that stimulate entrepreneurship.
NESTO NESTO stands for Native English Speaking Teen Olim which is a youth organization for young Anglo's who have moved to Israel in recent years. The Word Olim comes from the Hebrew words Oleh which means to "come up" which is the term used to describe a person who has moved to Israel from Diaspora.
NET Act The United States No Electronic Theft Act (NET Act), a federal law passed in 1997, provides for criminal prosecution of individuals who engage in copyright infringement, even when there is no monetary profit or commercial benefit from the infringement. Maximum penalties can be five years in prison and up to $250,000 in fines.
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