napier

Noun
US[ney-pee-er]/ˈneɪpiɚ/3 syllables
Synonyms: John Napier

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Noun (1)

  1. Scottish mathematician who invented logarithms; introduced the use of the decimal point in writing numbers (1550-1617)Synonyms: John NapierInstance of mathematician
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Free On-line Dictionary of Computing

Napier

Atkinson & Morrison, St Andrews U; design began ca. 1985, first implementation Napier88, 1988. Based on orthogonal persistence, permits definition and manipulation of namespaces.

["The Napier88 Reference Manual", R. Morrison et al, CS Depts St Andrews U and U Glasgow, Persistent Programming Research Report PPRR-77-89, 1989].

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