NetBIOS Frames Control Protocol. (NBFCP, NBF protocol, originally "NetBEUI protocol") [RFC 2097] [What is it?] (1997-05-10) NetBios over TCP/IP. (NBT) A protocol supporting {NetBIOS} services in a {TCP/IP} environment, defined by {RFCs} 1001 and 1002. (1997-07-04) NetBOLLIX. ["bollix": to bungle] {IBM}'s {NetBIOS}, an extremely {brain-damaged} {network} {protocol} that, like {Blue Glue}, is used at commercial shops that don't know any better. [{Jargon File}] NetBSD. An {open source} {Unix} {clone} that aims for {platform} independance by a clean separation between the {hardware} and the the {kernel}. It has been ported to many platforms from {embedded systems} to 64-bit computers. {NetBSD Home (http://www.netbsd.org/)}. (2004-10-08) netbui. It's spelled "{NetBEUI}". (1996-12-23) netburp. (Or "netsplit") When {netlag} gets really bad, and delays between {IRC} servers exceed a certain threshhold, the network effectively becomes partitioned for a period of time, and large numbers of people seem to be signing off at the same time and then signing back on again when things get better. An instance of this is called a "netburp" (or, sometimes, {netsplit}). [{Jargon File}] (1996-06-04) netCDF. Network Common Data Form. A machine-independent, self-describing file format for scientific data. Netcom On-line Communication Services, Inc.. A company providing {Internet} access on {Sun Microsystems} computers running {Unix}. Customers either log in to a {shell} running on a Netcom computer, or rent a {SLIP} or {PPP} connection and run their own net software. Most hosts are in San Jose, California, but they have {Points of Presence} all over the USA. {Home (http://www.netcom.com/)}. Address: 3031 Tisch Way San Jose, CA 95128, USA. Telephone: +1 (408) 983 5950, +1 800 353 6600. Fax: +1 (408) 241 9145. (1996-04-23) netdead. [IRC] The state of someone who signs off {IRC}, perhaps during a {netburp}, and doesn't sign back on until later. In the interim, he is "dead to the net". [{Jargon File}] Netfind. A research prototype that provides a simple {Internet} "{white pages}" user directory. It runs on {SunOS} 4.0 or more recent systems that are connected to the Internet (however, you can run Netfind on one server at your site, and let the others use Netfind on that server). Given the name of a person on the Internet and a rough description of where the person works, Netfind attempts to locate telephone and electronic mailbox information about the person. {(ftp://ftp.cs.colorado.edu/pub/cs/distribs/netfind)}.
