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Network Interface / Network Adapter
Your computer’s wired Ethernet connection and Wi-Fi connection are basically both network interfaces. If your laptop was connected to both a wired connection and a Wi-Fi network, each network interface would have its own IP address. Each is a ...
Network Hub
A common connection point for devices on a network.
Network Adapter
An internal computer component that allows the communication over a network with another computer. It lets the computer connect to other computer, servers or any networking device over an local area network (LAN) connection.
Network
A group of interconnected computers capable of exchanging information. A network can be as few as several personal computers on a LAN or as large as the Internet, a worldwide network of computers.
Nameserver
A computer that runs a program for converting Internet domain names into the corresponding IP addresses and vice versa.
Narrowcasting
Sending a media message to a highly targeted audience. The opposite of broadcasting, narrowcasting is also considered a form of niche marketing. Narrowcasting has been around since the days of radio. In modern practice, it spans traditional direct ...
Nonprofit Marketing
Marketing with objectives that advance a nonprofit organization’s cause versus driving a business’s profitability. This is also referred to as “cause marketing.” Common goals for nonprofit marketing initiatives include raising awareness, increasing ...
Nofollow
A meta tag in the HTML code of a web page that tells search engines to disregard the page. On pages such as blog posts that invite user comments, a nofollow link protects you from search engines ranking your page based on user comments you can’t ...
Net Profit / Loss
It is the difference between the gross profit or loss and the total indirect income/expenses of a business. If the difference is a positive value, it’s Net Profit, and if the difference is negative, then it’s Net Loss for a business during a ...
Net Income
Net Income is the difference between revenue and the cost or expenses incurred by a business in a particular accounting period. It is also known as the profit of a business. Income leads to an increase in the value of assets in a business.