What are the "N" versions of Windows 8?

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Published on 2012-08-16T00:21:12Z Indexed on 2012/11/22 5:03 UTC
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Microsoft just released the final Windows 8 versions for MSDN members, before its consumer release in october.

Anyway, I am a MSDN member. Today I went to see my downloads page and I found a list of the new versions to be downloaded.

Windows 8
Windows 8 N
Windows 8 Pro
Windows 8 Pro N
Windows 8 Enterprise
Windows 8 Enterprise N

I know the difference between the versions "Windows 8", "Windows 8 Pro" and "Windows 8 Enterprise", which you easily find at wikipedia.

But, I really need to know the difference between these versions and the "N" versions before download one of them.

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