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newbie,  newby, noob
A newcomer to the nets, who reveals his or her inexperience by lack of knowledge of net conventions, netiquette, vocabulary, and know-how.

Newsgroups - Discussion groups on the Internet (not on the Web, which is only one area of the Internet). Newsgroups are classified by subject matter and do not necessarily deal with journalism or "news." Health, hobbies, celebrities, and cultural events are the subjects of many newsgroups. Participants in a newsgroup conduct discussions by posting messages for others to read, and responding to the messages posted by others.

NIC
Acronym for Network Interface Card, for example, an ethernet card in a network.

Notice - Refers to data collector's disclosure of their information practices prior to collecting personal information from consumers.

NSFNet
National Science Foundation Network. The National Science Foundation followed on the earlier ARPANet by creating NSFNet in 1986 as a 56 Kbps backbone for the Internet. Commercialization of the nets began in 1992. By 1995, the National Science Foundation withdrew its sponsorship and concentrated on funding research for newer, higher speed initiatives.

nslookup
A common Internet utility like ping and traceroute. Given an IP address or a DNS address, it will look up and show the corresponding DNS or IP address. There are nslookup utility programs available for every operating system, which you can use with a PPP or networked or shell account. The commonly used FTP program WS_FTP Pro includes a number of utilities including nslookup. Still another utility that will give you the information is WHOIS.