Numerical Control The operation of a machine by a series of coded instruction's that consist of numbers and letters of the alphabet and other symbols These are translated into pulses of electrical current or other output signals that active motors and other device to run the machine On early NC machines these signals was often delivered to the machines by using punched tape Also, the term NC machine refers to machine tools that do not have a computer and memory installed see also CNC
(n) Acronym for numeric control, a form of programmable automation of a machine tool, using numbers, letters, and symbols Unlike on an engineering drawing, the part geometry must be defined using coordinates instead of graphics All NC systems today use computers and are called computer numerical control (CNC) machine tools
The term network computer refers to any (usually desktop) computer system that is designed to work as part of a network rather than as a stand-alone machine This saves money on hardware, software, and maintenance by taking advantage of facilities already available on the network The term "Internet appliance" is often used interchangeably with NC
(n ) The class of parallel algorithms that can run in polylogarithmic (polynomial in the logarithm of the problem size) time on a polynomial number of processors in the PRAM model
National Council on the Arts impression This proof equals the right to print impression or standard used for the edition and is pulled for The National Council on the Arts, a federal agency
New Caledonia (in Internet addresses). the written abbreviation of North Carolina. (NC) Control of a system or device by direct input of data in the form of numbers, letters, symbols, words, or a combination of these forms. It is a principal element of computer-integrated manufacturing, particularly for controlling the operation of machine tools. NC is also essential to the operation of modern industrial robots. The two basic types of NC systems are point-to-point, in which a device is programmed to perform a series of motions with fixed starting and stopping points, and continuous-path, in which a point-to-point programmed device has sufficient memory to be "aware" of its former actions and their results and to act in accordance with this information
Numerical Command A computer installed near the machine tools is directing the machine to execute a job given as a NC program or ISO file
A switch output that is closed allowing current flow when an actuator is not present and open allowing no current flow when an actuator is present
Network Computer A Web terminal with no local storage of programs or data Includes a Web browser with Java capabilities Not very relevant in the OLAP context
Network computer Describes a scaled-down desktop PC with no operating system or hard drive An Oracle initiative designed to keep virtually all the processing power at the server level Not coincidentally, a shot across Microsofts bow
"Network Computer" The NC is a relatively new concept that was designed to make computers more affordable and easier to administer An NC is a stripped-down computer with a very limited capacity as far as memory and disk space (virtually no capacity, compared to standard desktop units) The theory is that all the hard work can be done by the server to which the NC (or "thin client") is connected If this sounds like a neat way to simplify your existing computer, feel free to send me your hard drive and any extra memory
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(abbreviation.) {Nick's Class} * Coined by Stephen Cook after researcher Nick Pippenger.