Prolegomena, fundamentals of knowledge and culture, propaedeutics.
| Acronym | Sense | Language | Topics |
|---|---|---|---|
| MTB | Materials Testing Branch | In English | → Maintenance and logistics → Materials science |
| MTBCF | Mean Time Between Critical Failures | In English | → Maintenance and logistics |
| MTBF | Mean Time Between Failure | In English | → Computer science |
| MTBF | Mean Time Between Failures | In English | → Maintenance and logistics |
| MTBM | Mean Time Between Maintenance | In English | → Maintenance and logistics |
| MTBMA | Mean Time Between Maintenance Action | In English | → Maintenance and logistics |
| MTBR | Mean Time Between Removal | In English | → Maintenance and logistics |
| MTBR | Mean Time Between Replacement | In English | → Maintenance and logistics |
| MTC | Microsoft Technology Center | In English | → Computer science |
| MTE | Maintenance Test Equipment | In English | → Maintenance and logistics |
| MTEC | Maintenance Test Equipment Catalog | In English | → Maintenance and logistics |
| MTEE | Maintenance Test Equipment, Electrical | In English | → Maintenance and logistics → Electrical engineering |
| MTEF | Maintenance Test Equipment, Fluid | In English | → Maintenance and logistics |
| MTEM | Maintenance Test Equipment Module | In English | → Maintenance and logistics |
| MTEM | Maintenance Test Equipment, Mechanical | In English | → Maintenance and logistics → Mechanical engineering |
| MTEO | Maintenance Test Equipment, Optical | In English | → Maintenance and logistics |
| MTG | Music Technology Group | In English | → Computer-based techniques → Music |
| MTJ | Mobile Tools for Java | In English | → Software |
| mTLD | mobile Top Level Domain | In English | → Networks, communication → Telecommunications |
| MTM | Multiterminal Monitor | In English | → Human-computer interaction |
| MTS | Michigan Terminal System | In English | → Operating systems |
| MTTE | Mean Time To Exchange | In English | → Maintenance and logistics |
| MTTF | Mean Time To Failure | In English | → Maintenance and logistics |
| MTTFF | Mean Time To First Failure | In English | → Maintenance and logistics |
| MTTR | Mean Time To Repair | In English | → Maintenance and logistics |
| MTTRF | Mean Time To Restore Function | In English | → Maintenance and logistics |
| MUD | Multi-User Dungeon | In English | → Software → Entertainment |
| MULTICS | Multiplexed Information and Computing Service | In English | → Operating systems |
| MUMPS | Massachusetts General Hospital Utility Multi-Programming System | In English | → Programming languages → Medicine → United States |
| MUNCI | Mouvement pour une Union Nationale des Consultants en Informatique | In French | → Organizations and associations → Consulting → Computer science → France |
| MURI | Multi-disciplinary Research Initiative | In English | → Research policy → Mathematics and natural sciences |
| MURS | Mouvement Universel pour la Recherche Scientifique | In French | → Organizations and associations → Research policy |
| MUS | Mission-Unique Software | In English | → Software |
| MUSIC | Multiple Signal Classification | In English | → Networks, communication → Telecommunications |
| MUSIC/SP | Multi-User System for Interactive Computing / System Product | In English | → Operating systems |
| MVC | Modèle-Vue-Contrôleur | In French | → Software |
| MVD | Map and Visual Display | In English | → Human-computer interaction |
| MVR | Multilingual Vocabulary Repository | In English | → Knowledge management → Linguistics |
| MVS | Multiple Virtual Storage | In English | → Operating systems |
| MVS/ESA | Multiple Virtual Storage/Enterprise System Architecture | In English | → Operating systems |
| MVS/XA | Multiple Virtual Storage/Extended Architecture | In English | → Operating systems |
| MVT | Multiprogramming with a Variable number of Tasks | In English | → Operating systems |
| MWA | Mental Workload Analyzer | In English | → Software |
| MWD | Material Withdrawal Document | In English | → Maintenance and logistics |
| MWG | Maintainability Working Group | In English | → Maintenance and logistics |
| MWI | Mobile Web Initiative (www.w3.org/Mobile/) | In English | → Internet → Telecommunications |
| MWOR | Maintenance Work Order Request | In English | → Maintenance and logistics |
| MWPR | Monthly Work Package Report | In English | → Management |
| MXML | Macromedia Flex Markup Language | In English | → Programming languages |
| MYTA | Maintainability Task Analysis | In English | → Maintenance and logistics |
| MYVAL | Maintainability Evaluation | In English | → Maintenance and logistics |
| NA | Network Aspects | In English | → Networks, communication |
| NABS | Nomenclature pour l'Analyse et la comparaison des Budgets et des programmes Scientifiques | In French | → Research policy |
| NAD | Network Adapter Device | In English | → Computer hardware → Networks, communication |
| NADIR | Network Anomaly Detection and Intrusion Reporter | In English | → Software → Networks, communication |
| NAF | Nazioarteko Alfabeto Fonetikoa = AFI | Alfabetul Fonetic Internaţional | In Romanian = LFE | Lizherenneg Fonetikel Etrebroadel | In Breton = МФА | Международната фонетична азбука | In Bulgarian = IPA | Internationales Phonetisches Alphabet | In Tosk = AFI | Alfabet Fonètic Internacional | In Catalan = IFA | Internacia Fonetika Alfabeto | In Esperanto = IPA | International Phonetic Alphabet | In English = ΔΦΑ | Διεθνές Φωνητικό Αλφάβητο | In Greek = IPA | Internationales Phonetisches Alphabet | In German = API | Alphabet Phonétique International | In French = AFI | Alfabeto Fonético Internacional | In Spanish = AFI | Alfabeto Fonético Internacional | In Galician = IPA | Internationaalt Phonetescht Alphabet | In Letzeburgesh = AFI | Alfabeto Fonetico Internazionale | In Italian = МФА | Международный фонетический алфавит | In Russian = AFI | Alfabeto Fonético Internacional | In Portuguese = AFI | Alfabet Fonetic Internacionau | In Occitan = IFA | Internationoal Fonetisch Alfabet | In Vlaams = AFN | Alfabeti Fonetik Ndërkombëtar | In Albanian = IFA | Internasionale Fonetiese Alfabet | In Afrikaans = AFI | Alfabetu Fonéticu Internacional | In Asturian = ХГЬА | Халкъаздагьоркьосеб гьаркьазул алфавит | In Avaric = IPA | Internationals Phonetischs Alphabet | In Austro-Bavarian = ХАФӘ́ | Халыҡ-ара фонетик алфавит | BA = МФА | Міжнародны фанетычны алфавіт | In Belarusian = AFE | Alfabèt Fonètico Entèrnacionâl | In Franco-Provençal = YFA | Ynternasjonaal Fonetysk Alfabet | In Frisian = AIF | Aibítir Idirnáisiúnta Foghraíochta | In Irish = API | Alphabeto Phonetic International | In Interlingua = IPA | Internasional a Ponetiko nga Alpabeto | ILO = IFA | Internaciona Fonetik Alfabeto | In Ido = AFN | Alfabeya Fonetîk a Navneteweyî | In Kurdish = API | Abecedarium Phoneticum Internationale | In Latin = AFI | Alfabeta Fonetical Internasional | LFN = TFA | Tarptautinė Fonetinė Abėcėlė | In Lithuanian = МФА | Меѓународна фонетска азбука | In Macedonian = AFA | Abjad Fonetik Antarabangsa | In Malay = AFI | Abc Fonético Anternacional | MWL = IPA | Internatschonal Phoneetsch Alphabet | In Low German = IFA | Internasjonale Fonetiske Alfabetet | In Norwegian = AFI | Alfabèt Fonétiko Internashonal | In Papiamento = IPA | Innernatiunaal Phoneddisch Alphebedd | PDC = EFA | Entanashunal Fonetikl Alfabet | In Pitcairn-Norfolk = MAF | Międzynarodowy Alfabet Fonetyczny | In Polish = AFI | Alfabet Fonétich Intërnassional | PMS = IPA | Internaitional Phonetic Alphabet | SCO = AFN | Alfabeti Fonetik Ndërkombëtar | SQ = МФА | Међународна фонетска абецеда | In Serbian = AFI | Alfabetu Fonétiku Internasionál | In Tetum = PPA | Pandaigdigang Ponetikong Alpabeto | In Tagalog = МФА | Міжнародний фонетичний алфавіт | In Ukrainian = LFB | Lafab Fonetik Bevünetik | VO |
In Basque | → Alphabetic writing systems → Phonetics, phonology |
| NAMIC | News Agencies Multilingual Information Categorization | In English | → Knowledge management → Linguistics → Newspapers, journalism |
| NAOMI | North American OpenMath Initiative | In English | → Computer science → Mathematics |
| NAPCTC | North American Policy Council for OSI (Open Systems Interconnection) Testing and Certification | In English | → Computer science |
| NAR | Numerical Analysis Research | In English | → Computer-based techniques |
| NAREGI | National Research GRID Initiative (www.naregi.org) | In English | → Software → Networks, communication |
| NARS | National Archives and Record Services | In English | → Libraries → Records management |
| NAS | Numerical Aerodynamic Simulation | In English | → Computer simulation → Aerodynamics |
| NAS | Network Attached Storage | In English | → Networks, communication → Knowledge management |
| NAS | National Aircraft Standard | In English | → Standardization → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| NAS | Nonavionics Simulator | In English | → Computer simulation → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| NASL | Nessus Attack Scripting Language | In English | → Programming languages |
| NAUTILE | Noyau d'Aide à l'Usage, la Transmission et l'Installation des Logiciels libres sur l'Estuaire | In French | → Organizations and associations → Software |
| NAVp | Normenausschuss Verpackungswesen | In German | → Standardization |
| NBIC | Nanotechnology, Biotechnology, Information Technology and Cognitive Science | In English | → Computer science → Biotechnology → Engineering, technology |
| NBIC | Nanotechnologies, Biologie, Information, Cognition | In French | → Engineering, technology → Biotechnology → Computer science → Neurology |
| NBMA | Nonbroadcast Multiple Access Network | In English | → Networks, communication → Telecommunications |
| NBR | National Bureau of Asian Research | In English | → Research policy |
| NBS | National Bureau of Standards | In English | → Standardization |
| NBSAMRF | National Bureau of Standards, Advanced Research Facility | In English | → Research policy → Standardization |
| NBSSP | National Bureau of Standards Special Publication | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Standardization |
| NBSTN | National Bureau of Standards Technical Note | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Standardization |
| NCA | National Credentialing Agency (for Laboratory Personnel) (www.nca-info.org) | In English | → Organizations and associations → Research policy |
| NCB | National Certification Body | In English | → Organizations and associations → Standardization |
| NCC | Network Control Center | In English | → Networks, communication |
| NCCCRP | National Community College Council for Research and Planning (www.ncccrp.org) | In English | → Organizations and associations → Research policy |
| NCECHO | North Carolina Exploring Cultural Heritage Online | In English | → Libraries → Civilization, culture, progress → United States |
| NCEEER | National Council for Eurasian and East European Research | In English | → Organizations and associations → Research policy |
| NCIU | Network Common Interface Unit | In English | → Human-computer interaction → Networks, communication |
| NCM | National Cryptologic Museum (www.nsa.gov/museum/) | In English | → Museums → Computer science → Mathematics |
| NCM | Network Connection Manager | In English | → Software → Networks, communication |
| NCNS | Network: Computation in Neural Systems | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Artificial intelligence |
| NCRP | National Council for Research and Planning | In English | → Organizations and associations → Research policy |
| NCS | Network Control Station | In English | → Networks, communication |
| NCSA | National Center for Supercomputing Applications | In English | → Computer science |
| NCSC | National Computer Security Center | In English | → Computer science |
| NCURA | National Council of University Research Administrators (www.ncura.edu) | In English | → Organizations and associations → Management → Research policy |
| NDEF | NFC Data Exchange Format | In English | → Software → Telecommunications |
| NDS | Network Distribution Service | In English | → Networks, communication |
| NEAIR | Northeast Association for Institutional Research (www.neair.org) | In English | → Associations → Research policy |
| NEB | Numérisation de l'Espace de Bataille | In French | → Computer-based techniques → Military affairs |
| NEC | Nippon Electric Company (www.nec.com) | In English | → Electrical engineering → Electronics → Computer hardware → Japan |
| NECEF | Near East Cultural and Educational Foundation of Canada | In English | → Foundations → Civilization, culture, progress → Education → Canada |
| NeCom | Neural Computation | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Computer-based techniques |
| NEDAP | Nederlandsche Apparatenfabriek (www.nedap.nl) | In Dutch | → Computer science → Electronics |
| NEEDS | NASA End-To-End Data System | In English | → Data → Astronomy → Astronautics → United States |
| NELC | Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations | In English | → Civilization, culture, progress → Linguistics |
| NELC | Near Eastern Languages and Cultures | In English | → Civilization, culture, progress → Linguistics |
| NEM | Networked and Electronic Media (www.nem-initiative.org) | In English | → Computer science |
| NEM | Normes Européennes de Modélisme (ferroviaire) | In French | → Standardization → Entertainment → Rail transport engineering → Europe |
| NEMO | Netzwerkmanagement-Ost | In German | → Research policy |
| NEMS | NASA Equipment Management System | In English | → Maintenance and logistics → Astronautics → United States |
| NEP | Norme d'Exercice Professionnel | In French | → Standardization |
| NEPOMUK | Networked Environment for Personalized, Ontology-based Management of Unified Knowledge | In English | → Software → Knowledge management |
| NEPTUNE | Nouvel Environnement pour Poste de Travail UNifié d'Entreprise | In French | → Computer science |
| NER | Named Entity Recognition | In English | → Computer-based techniques → Linguistics |
| NES | Nintendo Entertainment System | In English | → Computer science |
| NES | Network Encryption System | In English | → Networks, communication → Mathematics |
| NESSI | Networked European Software and Services Initiative | In English | → Organizations and associations → Software |
| NESSIE | New European Schemes for Signatures, Integrity and Encryption | In English | → Computer-based techniques |
| NEST | New and Emerging Science and Technology | In English | → Research policy → Engineering, technology → European Union → Europe |
| NEST | New and Emerging Strategic Technologies | In English | → Research policy → Engineering, technology → International relations → India |
| NET | Norme Européenne de Télécommunication(s) | In English | → Standardization → Telecommunications |
| NETSIM | Network Simulation | In English | → Computer simulation |
| NETWEIs | New and Emerging Technologies - Wege zur Erkennung und Implementierung für KMUs | In German | → Research policy → Engineering, technology |
| NEWP | New Executive Programming Language | In English | → Programming languages |
| NEXOF | NESSI Open Service Framework | In English | → Software |
| NF | Norme Française (www.marque-nf.com) | In French | → Standardization → France |
| NFCIP-1 | Near Field Communication Interface and Protocol-1 | In English | → Software → Telecommunications |
| NFN | Nationales Forschungsnetzwerk | In German | → Research policy |
| NFR | Network Flight Recorder | In English | → Software → Networks, communication |
| NFS | Network File Server | In English | → Computer hardware → Networks, communication → Files |
| NGDC | National Geophysical Data Center (www.ngdc.noaa.gov) | In English | → Data → Geophysics |
| NHA | Nova Help-Alfabeto | In Esperanto | → Writing systems |
| NHC | Notebook Hardware Control | In English | → Software → Computer hardware |
| NHC | National Heritage Center | In English | → Civilization, culture, progress |
| NICP | National Inventory Control Point | In English | → Maintenance and logistics |
| NIDES | Next-generation Intrusion Detection Expert System | In English | → Software |
| NIDS | Network Intrusion Detection System | In English | → Software → Networks, communication |
| NIDS | Network Interface Data System | In English | → Human-computer interaction → Networks, communication |
| NIDS | Network-based Intrusion Detection System | In English | → Software → Networks, communication |
| NIM | Network Installation Manager | In English | → Software |
| NIMS | National Incident Management System | In English | → Management |
| NINEA | Numéro d'Identification Nationale des Entreprises et Associations | In French | → Central administration → 00628 |
| NIOD | Nederlands Instituut voor Oorlogsdocumentatie (www.niod.nl) | In Dutch | → Organizations and associations → Documentation → Polemology → History → Netherlands |
| NIP | Network Input Processor | In English | → Computer hardware → Networks, communication |
| NIP | Network Interface Processor | In English | → Computer hardware → Human-computer interaction → Networks, communication |
| NIRA | National Institute for Research Advancement | In English | → Research policy |
| NISO | National Information Standards Organization (www.niso.org) | In English | → Organizations and associations → Libraries → Knowledge management |
| NIST | National Institute for Standardization and Technology (www.nist.gov) | In English | → Standardization → Engineering, technology |
| NIST | National Institute of Standards and Technology (www.nist.gov) | In English | → Standardization → Engineering, technology |
| NISTJ | National Institute of Standards and Technology Journal of Research | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Standardization → Engineering, technology |
| NIU | Network Interface Unit | In English | → Human-computer interaction → Networks, communication |
| NJP | Network Job Processing | In English | → Networks, communication |
| NLD | Network Logistics Depot | In English | → Maintenance and logistics |
| NLDC | National Library and Documentation Centre | In English | → Documentation |
| NLP | Natural Language Processing | In English | → Computer-based techniques → Linguistics |
| NLU | Natural Language Understanding | In English | → Artificial intelligence → Computer-based techniques |
| NMA | National Management Association | In English | → Management → Associations |
| NMF | Network Management Forum | In English | → Organizations and associations → Networks, communication |
| NMI | NASA Management Instruction | In English | → Management → Astronautics → United States |
| NMP | National Maintenance Point | In English | → Maintenance and logistics |
| NN | Neural Networks | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Computer-based techniques → Neurology |
| NNI | Nederlands Normalisatie Instituut | In Dutch | → Standardization → Netherlands |
| NNI | Nederlands Normalisatie-Instituut | In Dutch | → Standardization → Netherlands |
| NNO | Národného normalizačného orgánu | In Slovak | → Standardization → Slovakia |
| NNTP | Network News Transport Protocol | In English | → Networks, communication |
| NODC | National Oceanographic Data Center (www.nodc.noaa.gov) | In English | → Data → Marine research, oceanography |
| NOM | Network Output Multiplexer | In English | → Networks, communication |
| NORGES | Network of Offshore Records of Geology and Stratigraphy | In English | → Records management → Earth sciences → Stratigraphy |
| NORMCERQ | Secrétariat régional de la Normalisation, de la Certification et de la promotion de la Qualité | In French | → United Nations → Standardization → Quality management |
| NOS | Network Operating System | In English | → Computer hardware → Networks, communication |
| NPD | NASA Policy Directive | In English | → Management → Astronautics → United States |
| NR | Niveau de Responsabilité | In French | → Management |
| NR | Niveau de Rémunération | In French | → Personnel management |
| NRC | National Research Council | In English | → Research policy |
| NRCC | National Research Council of Canada (www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca) | In English | → Research policy → Canada |
| NREN | National Research and Education Network | In English | → Networks, communication → Research policy → Education |
| NRI | Networked Readiness Index | In English | → Economic policy → Networks, communication |
| NRM | Nonrecurring Maintenance | In English | → Maintenance and logistics |
| NSAI | National Standards Authority of Ireland (www.nsai.ie) | In English | → Standardization → Republic of Ireland |
| NSATTC | Northeastern States Addiction Technology Transfer Center (www.nattc.org) | In English | → Organizations and associations → Research policy → Engineering, technology |
| NSC | NASA Standard Computer | In English | → Computer hardware → Astronautics → United States |
| NSF | Norges Standardiseringsforbund | In Norwegian | → Organizations and associations → Standardization → Norway |
| NSI | NASA Science Internet | In English | → Internet → Astronautics → Astronomy → United States |
| NSLD | NASA Shuttle Logistics Depot | In English | → Maintenance and logistics → Astronautics → United States |
| NSM | Neural State Machine | In English | → Artificial intelligence |
| NSM | Network Security Monitor | In English | → Software → Networks, communication |
| NSO | National Standards Organisation | In English | → Organizations and associations → Standardization |
| NSP | Network Signal Processing | In English | → Computer hardware → Networks, communication |
| NSP | Network Signal Processor | In English | → Computer hardware → Networks, communication |
| NSPR | Netscape Portable Runtime | In English | → Software → Internet |
| NSR | Nouveau Système de Rémunération | In French | → Personnel management |
| NSS | Network Simulation System | In English | → Networks, communication → Computer simulation |
| NSSCC | NORAD Space Surveillance Computation Center | In English | → Computer science → Astronomy |
| NSTI | NASA Simulation Traffic Interface | In English | → Computer simulation → Astronautics → United States |
| NTBF | Nouvelles Technologies Burkina Faso (http://ntbf.net) | In French | → Organizations and associations → Computer science |
| NTDS | Naval Tactical Data System | In English | → Computer science → 359 |
| NTRAC | New Technical Regulations Applications Committee | In English | → Standardization → Engineering, technology |
| NTTF | Network Test and Training Facility | In English | → Education → Networks, communication |
| NUA | Network User Address | In English | → Networks, communication |
| NuMat | Numerische Mathematik | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Computer-based techniques → Mathematics |
| NUMDAM | NUMérisation de Documents Anciens Mathématiques | In French | → Document processing → Libraries → Mathematics |
| NURBS | Non-Uniform Rational B-splines | In English | → Graphical processing → Image processing → Cinema, movies |
| NUSS | NUclear Safety Standards | In English | → Standardization → Nuclear technology |