Fine Print Knowledge Center
The online guide to print and design.
- Name Resolution
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- Name Server
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Computers on the Internet with programs that translate domain names, assigned to networks and hosts, into the IP address numbers.
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- Nameplate
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A label usually containing information about the product it is attached to, such as serial numbers, model numbers and electrical requirements. The label is generally constructed of a metal or other material that will hold up to extreme conditions
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- Nanometer
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A unit in which wavelengths of light are expressed. One nanometer is one-billionth of a meter.
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- Naphthas
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Alipathic hydrocarbon solvent derived from petroleum such as hexane, V M & P naphtha, etc.
Characterized by low K.B. values. Will swell natural or butyl rubber and will have slight effect on Buna-N or Neoprene.
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- NAPI
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Netscape Application Programming Interface
Set of programming specifications for use in creating Web based applications.
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- NAPIM
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National Association of Printing Ink Manufacturers
A trade association whose purpose is to provide information and assistance to its members to better manage their businesses, and to represent the printing ink industry in the United States.
http://www.napim.org/
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- NAPs
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Network Access Points
The individual computers of a network that provide an entry to the high-speed Internet backbone system.
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- National Cooperative Business Association
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NCBA
Founded in 1916
A United States membership organization for cooperatives, businesses that are jointly-owned and democratically-controlled.
In 2000 the group successfully lobbied the ICANN to establish a new top-level domain exclusively for business cooperations.
The domain, .coop, became active in 2002.
NCBA members include some well-known United States consumer brands, such as Ace Hardware, Florida’s Natural, and Land O’ Lakes.
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- National Information Standards Organization
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NISO
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO)is a nonprofit association accredited as a standards developer by the American National Standards Institute, the national clearinghouse for voluntary standards development in the U.S. NISO is a leader in shaping international standards.
The goal in using technical standards in information services, libraries, and publishing is to achieve compatibility and therefore interoperability between equipment, data, practices, and procedures in order to make information services more productive.
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- Native Mode
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Using a protocol in the environment for which it was originally developed.
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- Natural
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A term to describe papers that have a color similar to that of wood, also called cream, off-white or ivory.
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- Natural Colored
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Paper color resulting from the use of little or no chemical coloring
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- Navigating
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Moving through the pages of a Web site by following links.
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- Navigator
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- NCBA
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National Cooperative Business Association
Founded in 1916
A United States membership organization for cooperatives, businesses that are jointly-owned and democratically-controlled.
In 2000 the group successfully lobbied the ICANN to establish a new top-level domain exclusively for business cooperations.
The domain, .coop, became active in 2002.
NCBA members include some well-known United States consumer brands, such as Ace Hardware, Florida’s Natural, and Land O’ Lakes.
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- NCOA
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National Change of Address System
A system provided for a fee by the U.S. Postal Service that enable organizations sending mail to compare their addresses with those recorded on the NCOA system in order to identify incorrect addresses and make corrections prior to the mailing.
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- NCR
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A multiple-part paper form that does not use carbon paper. The ink is adhered to the reverse side of the previous sheet. Originally developed by NCR Corporation and known as “NCR brand, carbonless paper,” it has also been called “no carbon required” paper.
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- NCSA
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National Center for Supercomputing Applications
The facility where Mosaic, the first graphical browser, was developed. NCSA is located at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, Illinois.
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- ND
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- NDS
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NetWare Directory Services
Novell’’s distributed, replicated name service built into NetWare 4.X.
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- Negative
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1. A photographic image on film which reverses the black and white areas of the original.
The black areas on the original are clear on the negative and the white areas of the original are black on the negative. The negative film is used in the platemaking process.
2. The developed film that contains a reversed tone image of the original scene.
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- Negative Holder
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A device designed to hold the negative in proper position in an enlarger.
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- Negative Image
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A reversed image where the image that is usually black on a white background is reversed to be white on a black background.
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- Negative Returned In Cassette
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NRIC
Required Advanced Photo System feature that returns processed film in its original, closed cassette; liberates consumers from the hassle of storing and handling film negatives.
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- Neoprene Rubber
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A polymer of chloroprene, it is used as an adhesive base. Commonly used where oil and gasoline resistance is required.
Resistance to swelling action of aromatics (pure and fuels) is poor but much better than natural rubber. Also used to coat doctor or metering rolls.
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- Nested
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When one piece is placed inside part of another piece, such as when an insert gets placed in the fold of a letter or brochure.
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- Net Book Agreement
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The agreement formerly administered by the Publishers Association whereby publishers in the UK were able to dictate the minimum price at which their titles were sold by bookshops; abandoned by publishers in 1995 and finally made illegal by the Restrictive Practices Court in 1997.
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- Net Weight
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The weight of the contents of a container or packaging material. Gross weight minus the tare weight equals the net weight.
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- Netiquette
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An informal set of rules or common courtesy when using the Internet.
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