“噪音”（Netscape, Oracle, IBM, Sun, and Everyone的首字母縮寫，微軟對其競爭對手網景、甲骨文、IBM和昇陽的蔑稱）（the adversaries and enemies of Microsoft: Netscape, Oracle, IBM, Sun, and Everyone else）

Example Citation:

"Rather than attacking Microsoft where it's strongest—its lawyers—NOISE should focus its efforts where Microsoft is weakest: the complexity of Microsoft's products and the relatively low payoff they provide in productivity."

—Eamonn Sullivan, "Beat Microsoft by providing the path of least resistance," PC Week