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NOUN (1)

1. Scottish mathematician who invented logarithms; introduced the use of the decimal point in writing numbers (1550-1617);
[syn: Napier, John Napier]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Napier n 1: Scottish mathematician who invented logarithms; introduced the use of the decimal point in writing numbers (1550-1617) [syn: Napier, John Napier]
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):

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].