List of acronyms: N

This list contains acronyms, initialisms, and pseudo-blends  that begin with the letter N.

For the purposes of this list:

  • acronym = an abbreviation pronounced as if it were a word, e.g., SARS = severe acute respiratory syndrome, pronounced to rhyme with cars
  • initialism = an abbreviation pronounced wholly or partly using the names of its constituent letters, e.g., CD = compact disc, pronounced cee dee
  • pseudo-blend = an abbreviation whose extra or omitted letters mean that it cannot stand as a true acronym, initialism, or portmanteau (a word formed by combining two or more words).
(a) = acronym, e.g.: SARS – (a) severe acute respiratory syndrome
(i) = initialism, e.g.: CD – (i) compact disc
(p) = pseudo-blend, e.g.: UNIFEM – (p) United Nations Development Fund for Women
(s) = symbol (none of the above, representing and pronounced as something else; for example: MHz – Megahertz)

(Main list of acronyms)

N0–9

NA

NB

NC

ND

NE

NF

NG

NH

NI

NJ

NK
  • nK – (s) Nanokelvin
  • NKA – No Known Allergies
  • N/K/A – Now Known As
  • NKVD – (i) Narodnyi Komissariat Vnutrennikh Del (Russian "People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs") (1934–1954)

NL

NM
  • nm – (s) nanometer
  • nm, NM – Nautical mile
  • N·m, Nm – Newton meter
  • NM – (s) New Mexico (postal symbol)
  • NMCI – (i) Navy Marine Corps Intranet
  • NMCS – (i) Not Mission Capable Supply (SM&R code)
  • NMD – (i) U.S. National Missile Defense
  • NMN – (i) No middle name
  • NMOS – (i/a) N-type/Negative Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor transistor ("enn-moss")
  • NMSG – (i) NATO Modelling and Simulation Group
  • NMR – (i) Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
  • NMHNFG – (i) Not Made Here, No Fucking Good

NN

NO

NP
  • Np
    • (p) Neap tide (nautical charts)
    • (s) Neptunium
  • NP
    • (s) National Permit (authorization used in India to allow trucks to go anywhere in the nation)
    • Nepal (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
  • NPB – (i) Nippon Professional Baseball
  • NPC
  • NPCS – (i) Non-Passenger Coaching stock (in Railways)
  • NPD – (i) Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands (German)
  • NPDI – (i) New Product Development and Introduction
  • NPG – (i) Needline/Network Participation Group
  • NPH – (i) Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
  • NPL
  • NPOV – (i) Neutral Point Of View
  • NPR
    • (i) National Public Radio
    • (s) Nepalese rupee (ISO 4217 currency code)

NQ
  • NQ – (s) Dronning Maud Land (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 1983)
  • NQOCD – (i) Not Quite Our Class, Dear (or Darling). (Upper-class English slang)
  • NPO – nothing by mouth

NR

NS

NT
  • N/T – (Aa) No text
  • nT – (s) Nanotesla
  • NT
  • NTC
    • (i) National Training Center
    • Negative Temperature Coefficient (thermistor)
  • NTDS – (i) Naval Tactical Data System
  • NTP – (i) Network Time Protocol
  • NTR – (i) Network Time Reference
  • NTRA – (i) National Thoroughbred Racing Association
  • NTSB – (i) National Transportation Safety Board
  • NTSC – (i) National Television Standards Committee (colloquially, Never Twice the Same Color)
  • NTV – (i) Non-Tactical Vehicle
  • NTY – (i) (Internet Abbreviations:) Not Tested Yet; (Alternatively) No Thank You
  • NTZ – (s) Iraq-Saudi Arabia Neutral Zone (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1993)

NU

NV
  • nv – (s) Navajo language (ISO 639-1 code)
  • nV – (s) Nanovolt
  • NV
    • (i) Naamloze vennootschap (Dutch, "innominate partnership" or "anonymous venture"; i.e. a public limited-liability company)
    • (s) Nevada (postal symbol)
  • NVEOL – (i) Night Vision and Electro-Optics Laboratory
  • NVESD – (i) CERDEC Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate, Fort Belvoir, Virginia
  • NVG – (i) Night Vision Goggles
  • NVL – (i) Night Vision Laboratory

NW

NX
  • NX – (p) Part of computer memory marked as "no execute" – (i) Automobile made by Nissan – (s) unit of illuminance – (p) National Express – (p) Net exports
  • NXA – (i) 21st arcade game in the Pump It Up series
  • NXD – (p) Native XML
  • NXE – (i) New Xbox Experience
  • NXG – (p) New Cross Gate station
  • NXL – (i) National XBall League
  • NXN – (p) Nike Cross Nationals
  • NXP – (p) "Next Experience" Semiconductors

NY

NZ
gollark: pho?
gollark: No; u.
gollark: And I don't cheat on xkcontestds.
gollark: Also, I am a NOT PARTICULARLY GOOD sysadmin, and I can READ AND WRITE ENGLISH.
gollark: Also, I can inaccurately translate Latin/Ancient Greek, if I have my textbook to look up words and weird grammar forms.

References
  1. National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research
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