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A to Z of commonly used abbreviations and acronyms
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- .nsf or NSF : Notes Storage File
- N/A or n/a : Not applicable or not available
- NAB : National Association of Broadcasters
- NACAB : National Association of Citizens' Advice Bureaux
- NAEI : National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory
- NAFAS : National Association of Flower Arrangement Societies
- NAFLA : Not Another Five letter Acronym
- NAFN : National Anti-Fraud Network
- NAIM : National Association for Information Management
- NALGO : National Association of Local Government Officers (now UNISON)
- NAPLAMOG : National Park Local Authority Members and Officer Group
- NAO : National Audit Office
- NAQS : National Air Quality Strategy
- NARE : National Association of Regional Employers
- NAS : National Autistic Society
- NAVCA : National Association for Voluntary and Community Action
- NAW : National Assembly for Wales
- NAWDO : National Association of Waste Disposal Officers
- NBM : Nil by mouth
- NBU : The Central Science Laboratory's National Bee Unit
- NCC : Nature Conservation Council
- NCDS : National Deaf Children's Society
- NCIL : National Centre for Independent Living (www.ncil.org.uk)
- NCIS : National Criminal Intelligence Service
- NCMA : National Childminding Association
- NCN : National Cycle Network
- NCP : National Car Parks
- NCP : NetWare Core Protocol
- NCVQ : National Council of Vocational Qualifications (see also NVQ and QCA)
- NCZ : Nature Conservation Zone
- NDPB : Non Departmental Public Body
- NDPBs : non-departmental public bodies
- NDR : Non Domestic Rate
- NDS : Nose Deposit Scheme (part of Red Nose Day)
- NDS : Novell Directory Services
- NEF : National Energy Foundation
- NEG : Nursery Education Grant
- NEMS : Neighbourhood E-Markets
- NePP : National e-Procurement Project
- NeSDS : The National e-Service Delivery Standards programme (www.nesds.gov.uk)
- NeSS : Neighbourhood Statistics
- NetBEUI : NetBIOS Enhanced User Interface
- NetBIOS : network basic input/output system
- NFER : National Foundation for Educational Research
- NFS : Network File System
- NFU : National Farmers Union
- NGB : National Governing Body (of Sport)
- NGDP : National Graduate Development Programme
- NGfL : National Grid for Learning (see also WSGfL)
- NGR : National Grid Reference (see also OSGR)
- NHS : National Health Service
- see also NHS acronyms website (www.connectingforhealth.nhs.uk/factsandfiction/jargonbuster/acronyms)
- NHTCU : National Hi-Tech Crime Unit
- NI : National Insurance
- NICE : National Institute of Clinical Excellence
- NICMOS : Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer
- NIES : National Improvement and Efficiency Strategy
- NILS : National Information and Library Service
- NIMBY : Not in my back yard
- NIMOI : Necessity is the mother of invention
- NINO : National Insurance Number
- NISCC : National Infrastructure Security Co-ordination Centre
- NISO : National Information Standards Organization
- NJC : National Joint Councils
- NKS : National Key Scheme (RADAR)
- NLA : Newspaper Licensing Agency
- NLB : National Library for the Blind
- NLGN : New Local Government Network (www.nlgn.org.uk)
- NLIS : National Land Information Service
- NLPG : National Land and Property Gazetteer (see also LLPG)
- NLUD : National Land Use Database
- NMR : National Monuments Record
- NNDR : National Non-Domestic Rates
- NNI : National Nominal Index
- NNR : National Nature Reserve
- NNTP : Network News Transfer Protocol
- No. or NO. : Number
- NOAA : National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- NOAO : National Optical Astronomy Observatory
- NODE : National Open Development Environment
- Nos. or NOS. : Numbers
- NPB : Net Present Benefit
- NPDO : non-profit distributing organisation
- NPfIT : National Programme for IT
- NPMS : New Political Management Structure
- NPV : Net Present Value
- NRA : National Rivers Authority
- NRF : Neighbourhood Renewal Fund
- NRPB : National Radiological Protection Board
- NRPSI : National Register of Public Service Interpreters
- NSAI : National Spatial Addressing Infrastructure
- NSCWIP : National Steering Committee on Warning and Informing the Public
- NSG : National Street Gazetteer
- NSOPR : National Sex Offenders Public Registry
- NSP : Notice of Intent to Seek Possession
- NT : National Trust
- NTC : New Tax Credit
- NTO : National Training Organisation
- NTQ : Notice to Quit
- NTV : New tenancy visits
- NUPE : National Union of Public Employees (now UNISON)
- nVoD : near Video on Demand (see also VoD)
- NVQ : National Vocational Qualification (see also NCVQ above)
- NWeGG : North West eGovernment Group
- NWS : National Weather Service
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