[n ] - Network Access Point Where the pipes of national backbones meet (i e MAE-East, MAE-West)
Network Access Point (NAP) is a high-speed interconnection service that gives Internet Service Providers access to the new Internet infrastructure
If you nap, you sleep for a short period of time, usually during the day. An elderly person may nap during the day and then sleep only five hours a night. = doze
the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave; "for uniform color and texture tailors cut velvet with the pile running the same direction"
A small number of locations on the Internet backbone where Internet Service Providers connect to the backbone and to each other through peering arrangements Ameritech's Chicago NAP is one of them; the others in San Francisco, Washington, DC, and Pennsauken, New Jersey (that's the New York NAP) UIC's connection to our commodity ISP, Nap Net, is in the Chicago NAP; we also have direct peering connections there to a number of other ISPs See internet com's Directory of Internet Service Providers for a history of the Internet and an explanation on how the NAP system works (See, in particular, the Internet Architecture link )
A fuzzy, fur-like feel created when fiber ends extend from the basic fabric structure to the fabric surface The fabric can be napped on either one or both sides
If someone is caught napping, something happens when they are not prepared for it, although they should have been. The security services were clearly caught napping. To form or raise a soft or fuzzy surface on (fabric or leather). To pour or put a sauce or gravy over (a cooked dish): "a stuffed veal chop napped with an elegant Port sauce" (Jay Jacobs)