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NABTS
(North American Basic Teletext Specification) An open standard for transmission of data over the television vertical blanking interval (VBI). NABTS is an established standard for television data transmission, and it is in use by broadcasters and systems integrators in North America, Europe, South America, and Asia.
NDIS
See Network Driver Interface Specification.
Network Driver Interface Specification
(NDIS) In Windows networking, the Microsoft/3Com specification for the interface between device drivers and a network. All transports call the NDIS interface to access and work with network interface cards (NICs). Using NDIS, developers can write hardware device drivers that are independent of a target operating system.
network interface card
(NIC) A printed circuit board, adapter, or other device used to connect a computer to a network.
NIC
See network interface card.
North American Basic Teletext Specification
See NABTS.
NTSC
(National Television System Committee standard) Standard regulating analog television signals in North America, Japan, and parts of South America, originated by the National Television System Committee. North America and Japan established NTSC color standards to make signals compatible with black and white transmissions. NTSC is based on the 60-hertz rate of U.S. electrical mains. An NTSC set can display 525 scan lines at approximately 30 frames per second, but nonpicture lines and interlaced scanning methods make for an effective resolution limit of about 340 lines. NTSC bandwidth is 4.2 megahertz. See also PAL, SECAM.