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Glossary Terms

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moving picture
MRMC
ms
MS23
multilevel description
multimedia
multiple exposure
Multipurpose Internet Messaging Extensions
multisensory documents
municipal records
muniment
muster roll
Mylar
n.d.
n.p.
NAANICA
NAF
NAGARA
NAGPRA
name
name authority file
name-title reference
NARA
narrative record
narrower term
NARS
NASARA
NASCIO
NASIRE
NASIS
National Archives and Records Administration
National Archives and Records Service
National Association of Government Archives and Records Administrators
National Association of State Archives and Records Administrators
National Association of State Chief Information Officers
National Association of State Information Systems
National Forum on Archival Continuing Education
National Historical Publications and Records Commission
National Historical Publications Commission
National Information Standards Organization
National Information Systems Task Force
National Television Systems Committee
National Union Catalog
National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
natural language
natural language query
naturalness
near-print document
nearline
nearline storage
negative
negative-positive process
network
network architecture
neutral test card
news clipping
news film
newsreel
NFACE
NHPC
NHPRC
NISO
NISTF
nitrate
nitrocellulose
noise
nominal access point
nonaqueous deacidification
nonbook materials
noncurrent records
noncustodial records
nonofficial papers
nonprint materials
nonrecords
nonrepudiation
nontextual records
North American Archival Network of the International Council of Archives
notarial archives
notarial record
notch code
note
NT
NTSC
NUC
NUCMC
numbering note
numeric filing system
numeric-alphabetic filing system
OAI
OAIS
OASIS
oath
object
oblique
oblique aerial
oblique light
oblique view
obverse
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