A person's native tongue. Natural language systems attempt to make computers capable of processing language the way people normally speak. [DEC].
NBS
National Bureau of Standards, now NIST (National Institute for Standards and Technology). An organization of the United States government that is responsible for the standards used by other government agencies (e.g. FIPS, Federal Information Processing Standards). NBS also provides compliance testing services, and hosts standard development workshops.
NCMRP (NET CHANGE MRP)
An approach via which the material requirements plan is continually retained in the computer. Whenever there is change in requirements, open order to inventory status or engineering usage, a partial explosion is made only for those parts affected by the change. NC systems may be continually and totally transaction-oriented, or done in a periodic (often daily) batch.
Net Requirements
In MRP, the net requirements for a part or an assembly are derived by netting the gross requirements against inventory on hand and the scheduled receipts (released orders). Net requirements, lot sized and offset for lead-time, become planned orders. [APIC].
Network Management
The facility by which network communication and devices are monitored and controlled.
Networking
Consists of software/hardware in combination systematically linking a number of devices (computers, workstations, printers) into a network (system) for the purpose of sharing resources.
Nonconformance Report
An inspection report on an item that describes the item's failure to meet its specification, drawing or quality requirements. [SAMA].