napier

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napier - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

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

napier - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  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].
  

napier - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Napier, WV
    Zip code(s): 26631