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NSGA-II
NSGA-II (Non-dominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm II) is a multi-objective evolutionary algorithm introduced by Deb and colleagues in 2002, and the standard first-choice solver for real-world multi-objective optimization.
NSGA-III
NSGA-III is an evolutionary many-objective optimization algorithm introduced by Kalyanmoy Deb and Himanshu Jain in 2013 that maintains diversity using reference points for problems with three or more objectives.
NSI Industries
NSI Industries is an American maker of electrical fittings, connectors, and wire management products based in Huntersville, North Carolina; Hubbell acquired it for $3.0 billion in 2026.
NSi, SLS, FOKUS
NSi, SLS, FOKUS: Slovenian centre-right electoral alliance of New Slovenia, the Slovenian People's Party, and Fokus of Marko Lotrič, which ran a joint list in the 22 March 2026 election, won 9.26% and 9 seats, and joined Janša's 2026–2030 coalition government.
Nsibidi
Nsibidi is an ideographic script from the Cross River region of Nigeria and Cameroon, created by the Ejagham and used by Efik, Ibibio, and Igbo peoples, with signs controlled by the Ekpe (leopard) society and proto-signs on pottery from the 6th century CE.
Nslookup
Nslookup is a command-line program for querying DNS name servers, written in the 1980s as part of BIND and now installed by default on most operating systems, including Windows.
NSO Group
NSO Group, also known as NSO Group Technologies, is an Israeli firm founded in 2010 in Herzliya that licenses the Pegasus spyware to governments and law enforcement.
Nsomeka Planitia
Nsomeka Planitia is a 7,000-km-wide lowland plain on Venus at 55S 170E, named in 1994 for a Bantu heroine, known for canali lava channels and the Kaikilani crater.
NSP-Minnesota
NSP-Minnesota, doing business as Xcel Energy, is a Minneapolis-based utility serving about 1.6 million electric and 0.6 million natural gas customers in Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota.
NSP-Wisconsin
NSP-Wisconsin is a wholly owned utility subsidiary of Xcel Energy, headquartered in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, and renamed in 1924; it serves about 364,000 electricity and natural gas customers.
NSPM-7
NSPM-7 (National Security Presidential Memorandum 7), 'Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence', is a Trump directive signed September 25, 2025, three days after the Antifa order, directing JTTFs, DOJ, Treasury, and IRS against political violence and ideological 'indicators'; distinct from the 2017 NSPM-7 on threat-actor information sharing.
NSPTSP trial
NSPTSP (NCT03241277) was a planned randomized, open-label, three-arm trial at FMUSP, Sao Paulo, testing nonsurgical periodontal treatment (scaling and root planing) in 45 adults aged 31 to 61 with social phobia versus controls; no results posted.
NSS study
NSS study (Northern Shanghai Study, NCT02368938): prospective community cohort of elderly Chinese in northern Shanghai, run by Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, studying cardiovascular risk factors, target organ damage, vascular aging, and mortality.
NSTAR Electric
NSTAR Electric Company is a Massachusetts regulated electric utility doing business as Eversource Energy, serving about 432,000 customers and created by the 1999 merger of BEC Energy and Commonwealth Energy System.
NSU Motorenwerke
NSU Motorenwerke AG (NSU AG) was a German vehicle manufacturer in Neckarsulm, founded in 1873, that pioneered the Wankel rotary engine and merged into Audi in 1969.
NSU Ro 80
The NSU Ro 80 is a German executive saloon built from 1967 to 1977 with a twin-rotor Wankel engine, winning the 1968 European Car of the Year.
Nsumbi
Nsumbi is a four-row mancala (count-and-capture) board game of central and southeastern Africa, grouped with Omweso, Bao, and Igisoro; Ludii models it as a two-player game on a 4x8 board with no store.
NSV machine gun
The NSV machine gun, also known as the NSV-12.7 or Utyos, is a Soviet 12.7 mm heavy machine gun adopted in the early 1970s to replace the DShK.
NSW Central Murray State Forests
NSW Central Murray State Forests, now NSW Central Murray Forests, a Ramsar wetland near Deniliquin designated 20 May 2003, about 84,000 hectares of Millewa, Werai and Koondrook-Perricoota river red gum floodplain forests on the Murray River.
NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal
The NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT) is the consolidated tribunal of New South Wales, established in 2014 to replace 22 tribunals, handling tenancy, consumer, and guardianship matters.
NSWGR steam locomotive classification
NSWGR steam locomotive classification is the system the New South Wales Government Railways used to identify its steam classes, alphabetical until a 1924 numbering scheme.
NSYNC
NSYNC (NSYNC), American pop boy band formed 1995 in Orlando, Florida; members Timberlake, Chasez, Kirkpatrick, Fatone, Bass. No Strings Attached sold 2.4 million first-week copies; disbanded 2002; 2023 reunion single Better Place.
NSYNC discography
NSYNC discography: catalog of the Orlando boy band NSYNC, three studio albums (NSYNC 1998, No Strings Attached 2000, Celebrity 2001), Home for Christmas, Greatest Hits, 17 charting singles, and about 70 million albums sold.
NT5E
NT5E (CD73, ecto-5'-nucleotidase, EC 3.1.3.5) is a human gene at 6q14.3 encoding a GPI-anchored homodimeric enzyme that hydrolyzes AMP to adenosine; mutations cause arterial and joint calcification, and tumor CD73 drives immune evasion.
Ntahangwa
Ntahangwa is a populous commune of Bujumbura Province, located in the north of the city, which includes the neighboring areas of Mukaza and Muha.
Ntando
Ntando, born Ntando Bangani in 1981, is a South African Afro-pop and Afro-soul singer whose debut album Kwantu went platinum and whose single "Dali Wam" won song-of-the-year honors.
Ntare I of Burundi
Ntare I, traditionally Ntare Rushatsi Cambarantama, is the founder of the Kingdom of Burundi and first mwami, remembered as founder of the Ganwa dynasty that ruled until 1966.
Ntare IV Rugamba
Ntare IV Rugamba, also known as Rutaganzwa Rugamba, was a king (mwami) of Burundi whose reign, most often dated 1796 to 1850, roughly doubled the kingdom's territory.
Ntcheu District
Ntcheu District, a semi-mountainous district of Malawi's Central Region bordering Mozambique, seat of Ntcheu District Council; known for the K4.6 billion Ntcheu Stadium project, the Chiole water plant rehabilitation, and 62.5% monetary poverty.
NTERA-2
NTERA-2, commonly used as the clone NTERA-2 cl.D1, is a human embryonal carcinoma cell line derived in 1980 that reliably forms neurons with retinoic acid.