Knowledge Architect/References/Glossary/N

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NAME
A (simple) linguistic object uniquely designating a resource. A synonym for lexical object.

.NET
The Microsoft platform for distributed applications. DNAOS solutions operate on .NET platform, as well as J2EE, SOA, REST, and others.

NETWORK
The term network is used for both: networked virtual communities and for physical networks supporting these operations and services. Network is also used to describe resource graphs.

NEW MEDIA
New rich media and advanced forms of interactive multimedia user interface applications (e.g. virtual environments).

NOTIFICATION
A descriptive event exchanged between resources, typically using any of the DNAOS supported messaging services, mostly to warn, alert, or notify of activity phase transitions.

NOTIFY
One of the 10 main resource access types, determining resource notification capabilities that include reference, as well as notifications (e.g. trigger, execute, terminate) behaviors.