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.NET Hosting - Web hosting that supports .NET, an application framework by Microsoft.

Narrowcasting - Creating a program aimed at a small and specific niche or group of people.

Natural Linking - The hypertext links found on web sites that is the part of text content and that link to expanded or additional information on a subject without consideration of their value in link popularity.

Natural Listing - A listing that appears below the sponsored ads, also known as Organic Listings.

Natural Search - The search that is allow the search engines to find web site through natural processes. This means that someone sets up a link to subject site and the search engines find that link and use a points for that link. Web pages with good content, strong keyword titles, keywords prominently used throughout the content, keywords that match content on the page and other search engine optimization procedures counts.

Natural Search Results - The real search results. The results that most users are looking for and which take up most of the window. For most searches, the search engine displays a long list of links to sites with content, which is related to the word you searched for. These results are ranked according to how relevant and important they are.

Navigation - The organized set of text links and/or link images, that help website visitors find content on subject website and move from one Web page to another.

Navigational Query - A query that normally has only one satisfactory result.

NDA - Abbreviation for Non-Disclosure Agreement. Usually required as part of a contract to protect the company engaging in services.

Necroing - The act of posting to old threads to bring them back up. Also known as "bumping".

Netiquette - The short for network etiquette, the code of conduct regarding acceptable online behavior.

Netscape - An early Internet company, since acquired by AOL. The company is known for its Netscape Navigator browser.

Netscape Navigator - An early web browser, based on the Mosaic model and developed by the Netscape Company. The browser is still available from http://browser.netscape.com/ns8/

Network Effect - The phenomenon whereby a service becomes more valuable as more people use it, thereby encouraging ever-increasing numbers of adopters.

NewHoo - Former name of Open Directory Project

News Aggregator - A hosted or desktop application that collects and aggregates content syndicated usually via RSS and/or Atom into a consolidated view.

Newsgroup - A discussion forum where users can post messages and reply to other users.

Niche - A specialized segment of a market that is usually geared towards one specific purpose.

NL - Language Code for Dutch

NLG - Currency Code for Dutch / Holland / Netherlands Guilders

NLP - Abbreviation for Natural Language Processing. A system that is allows search engine users to type a question rather than keywords. Also advanced systems that use statistics and linguistic analysis to accurately match documents to the user's question.

NO - Language Code for Norwegian

Nofollow Tag - An HTML attribute used to tell search engines not to follow links from subject web page.

NSI - Abbreviation for Network Solutions Inc

NZD - Currency Code for New Zealand Dollars

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