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  • MAFFIN (Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries research Network) [4.18]
  • Mbone [3.15]
  • MEXT (Ministry of Research and Education Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology) [4.18]
  • Mobile IP [3.12]
  • modem [2.13]
  • Moore’s law [3.06]
  • MP3 (MPEG Audio Layer-3) [1.09], [1.11]
  • MPEG [1.11]
  • Multistakeholder model [4.12]

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  • name resolution [1.16], [1.17]
  • name server [1.16]
  • NANOG (The North American Network Operator’s Group) [4.07]
  • NAOJ network (the network of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan) [4.18]
  • National Center for Scientific Information and Technology (currently, the National Institute of Informatics (NII)) [4.18]
  • NCP (Network Control Program) [1.06]
  • NCSA Mosaic [3.05]
  • Netscape Navigator [3.06]
  • network architectures [2.01], [2.02]
  • Network News [3.04]
  • network standardization [2.01], [2.03]
  • NFT (Non-Fungible Token) [1.11]
  • NIC (Network Information Center) [4.08]
  • NICT (the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology) [4.17], [4.18]
  • NIFTY-Serve [1.06]
  • NIR (National Internet Registries) [4.08], [4.12]
  • NOG (Network Operators’ Groups) [4.07]
  • NomCom (Nominating Committee) [4.12]
  • NORDUnet [4.19]
  • NORTH (Network Organization for Research adn Technology in Hokkaido) [4.17]
  • NREN [4.18], [4.19]
  • NRO (Number Resrouce Organization) [4.08]
  • NSF (National Science Foundation) [4.13], [4.17], [4.19]
  • NSFNET [4.17]

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