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[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].