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Nonconforming End Office

Office that is not yet equipped or incapable of being equipped, for provision of originating and terminating Feature Group D LATA access service.

noncritical technical load

Of the total technical load at a facility during normal operation, the part that is not required for synchronous operation.

nonlinear distortion

Distortion caused by a deviation from a linear relationship between specified input and output parameters of a system or component.

nonlinear scattering

Direct conversion of a photon from one wavelength to one or more other wavelengths.
Note 1: In an optical fiber, nonlinear scattering is usually not important below the threshold irradiance for stimulated nonlinear scattering.
Note 2: Examples of nonlinear scattering are Raman and Brillouin scattering.

nonoperational load

Administrative, support, and housing power requirements. Synonym utility load.

nonrepudiation

1. The capability, in security systems, that guarantees that a message or data can be proven to have originated from a specific person.
2. Assurance the sender of data is provided with proof of delivery and the recipient is provided with proof of the sender's identity, so neither can later deny having processed the data. [INFOSEC-99]
3. The property of… (Read More →)

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