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Nova Scotia

Regional » Canadian -- and more...

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Not Sure

Governmental » NASA

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Not Significant

Academic & Science » Chemistry -- and more...

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Next Step

Computing » Assembly

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Not Shown

Computing » General Computing

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Not Specified

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Network Services

Governmental » Military

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Not Supported

Computing » Hardware

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Nerves

Medical » Physiology

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National Security

Business » International Business

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North South

Regional

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North and South

Sports

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Non Specific

Governmental » US Government -- and more...

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Name Server

Computing » Networking

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Natural Selection

Academic & Science » Botany

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Non-Standard

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NeuroSurgery

Medical » Hospitals

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Natural Science

Academic & Science » Academic Degrees

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No Significant

Miscellaneous » Unclassified

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National Semiconductor

Governmental » Suppliers

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Not Significantly

Academic & Science » Mathematics

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NS

Network Simulator

Computing » Networking -- and more...

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Not Satisfactory

Academic & Science » Universities

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Normal Saline

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No Show

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What does NS mean?

NS(Adjective)
Non-serviceable, broken, needing repair.

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  • christen_r
    ns is a nanosecond and is one Billionth of a second. Muons which are subatomic radioactive 'u' type particle, better represented as a *positron.
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