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| NANOSAT | Nano-sized Satellite Laboratory | |
| pronunciation: | 'nano-sat' | |
| NCAA | National Collegiate Athletic Association | |
| pronunciation: | NCAA or N-C-Double-A | |
| other notes: | WPI plays in Division III of the NCAA | |
| Web address: | http://www2.ncaa.org/ | |
| NCP | Non Custodial Profile | |
| other notes: | Profile is usually written PROFILE, but is not an acronym | |
| Web address: | http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/FA/Returning/Forms/nps.html | |
| NDEC | Non-Desctructive Evaluation Center | |
| Web address: | http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Research/NDEC/ | |
| NEASC | New England Association of Schools and Colleges | |
| pronunciation: | 'knee-ask' | |
| other notes: | WPI, as a university, is accredited by NEASC | |
| Web address: | http://www.neasc.org/ | |
| NECCWA | New England College Conference Wrestling Association | |
| other notes: | The varsity wrestling team is a member of this conference. | |
| NECME | New England Coalition for Manufacturing Education | |
| Web address: | http://www.me.wpi.edu/MFE/NECME/ | |
| NEISA | New England Intercollegiate Sailing Association | |
| Web address: | http://www.collegesailing.org/neisa/ | |
| NERB | New England Roast Beef | |
| pronunciation: | 'nerb' | |
| other notes: | A sandwich shop on Park Ave., adjacent to Twomeys. It is the official sandwich provider of such local fraternities as ATO. | |
| NETCAM | NETwork Computing Applications and Multimedia | |
| NEW | National Engineers Week | |
| Web address: | http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/Diversity/K12/NEW/ | |
| NEWMAC | The New England Women's And Men's Athletic Conference | |
| pronunciation: | 'new-mac' | |
| other notes: | Many of WPI's varsity sports teams play in this conference | |
| Web address: | http://www.newmaconline.com/ | |
| NFO | New Faculty Orientation | |
| NIB | Newly Initiated Brother | |
| pronunciation: | 'nib' or 'nibs" | |
| other notes: | NIBs is the plural form, fraternal term | |
| NO | Network Operations | |
| pronunciation: | Net-Ops | |
| Web address: | http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/CCC/Netops/ | |
| NOC | Network Operations Center | |
| pronunciation: | 'the knock' | |
| NR | No Record | |
| NRHH | National Residence Hall Honorary | |
| NROTC | Naval Reserve Officer Training Corp | |
| pronunciation: | Navy-ROTC | |
| Web address: | http://www.holycross.edu/departments/nrotc/website/ | |
| NSBE | National Society of Black Engineers | |
| pronunciation: | 'nez-bee' | |
| NSO | New Student Orientation | |
| Web address: | http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/SAO/NSO/ | |
| NSR | New Student Record | |
| NSSE | National Survey of Student Engagement | |
| NV | New Voices | |
| other notes: | usually takes the form NVxx, where xx is replaced with a whole number which increments annually. 2004 = NV22. | |
| Web address: | http://users.wpi.edu/~masque/ | |