National Information Infrastructure (Nil) 



The integration of hardware, software, and skills that will make it easy and affordable to con- 

 nect people with each other, with computers, and with a vast array of services and informa- 

 tion resources. 



NCO 



National Coordination Office for High Performance Computing and Communications 



Network 



Computer communications technologies that link multiple computers to share information 

 and resources across geographically dispersed locations 



NIH 



National Institutes of Health, part of HHS 



NIST 



National Institute of Standards and Technology, part of DOC 



NLM 



National Library of Medicine, part of NIH 



NOAA 



National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, part of DOC 



NREN 



National Research and Education Network. The NREN is the realization of an interconnect- 

 ed gigabit computer network system devoted to HPCC. NREN is also a component of the 

 HPCC Program. 



NSA 

 National Security Agency, part of DOD 



NSF 

 National Science Foundation 



NSFNET 

 NSF computer network 



NSI 



NASA Science Internet 



NTIA 



National Telecommunications and Information Administration 



OC-3 



Network transmission speed of 155 Mb/s 



OC-12 



Network transmission speed of 622 Mb/s 



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