Nil

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Nil is a word commonly used to mean nothing or zero. See also null.

Specific uses of Nil include:

• In the card game, spades, when a player predicts that they will win zero tricks, this is commonly referred to as going nil.
• Nil is an American improvisational psychedelic rock band
• Nil is a Japanese rock trio fronted by Takano Tetsu, former vocalist of Malice Mizer.
• A keyword used to represent a null pointer in Pascal and Pascal-like programming languages.
• NIL is the name of an implementation of the LISP programming language
• Nil is a mock programming language.
• NIL is a Network Interface Language. See RFC-33.
• NiL, NiL Isn't Liero, a computer game.
• Nil: A Land Beyond Belief is a 2005 graphic novel published by SLG Press.
• "Nil" is used in some computer programming languages to indicate an invalid/uninitialized variable (e.g. Ruby), or an empty list (e.g. SML). See also Null (computer programming).
• In the LISP programming language NIL is used to denote falsehood and the empty list.
• Short form of Nilay, a turkish female name and also, Nil Karaibrahimgil is a Turkish female singer.
• NIL may mean nanoimprint lithography.
• Nil is an album released by Japanese rock band Gazette.
• Nil is a brand of cigarettes produced by the Gallaher Group.
• N.I.L. ("Nihilism Is Liberation") is an American black metal band.
• North Island Line, a proposed extension railway of Hong Kong
• NIL: "Negative for Intraepithelial Lesion" is a result of a pap smear.

[edit] See also

• Null