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The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):

complementary nondeterministic polynomial Co-NP (Co-NP) The set (or property) of problems with a yes/no answer where the complementary no/yes problem takes nondeterministic polynomial time (NP). For example, "Is n prime" is Co-NP and "Is n not prime" is NP, since it is only necessary to find one factor to prove that n is not prime whereas to prove that it is prime all possible factors must be eliminated. (2009-05-21)