If you have comments, corrections, or suggested additions, please send them to Walt Howe using the form at the end of the Glossary . My thanks for the many suggestions that already have been included. See how to link to terms in the glossary from your web page. N NAP Network Access Point. A point where networks and service providers hand off traffic to each other.
NAPs are typically the points with the worst congestion problems.
When you encounter slow responses and run a traceroute , you will usually see the slowest connections occur where one network hands off to another. See MAE . The basic principles of courtesy and consideration for others that can keep communication on the Internet a pleasure for all. See Usenet newsgroups NIC Acronym for Network Interface Card, for example, an ethernet card in a network. NSFNet National Science Foundation Network.