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.
- 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.
- In the LISP programming language NIL is used to denote falsehood and the empty list.
- Nil Karaibrahimgil is a Turkish female singer.
- NIL also stands for Nanoimprint Lithography.
- Nil is an album released by Gazette.
- Nil is a brand of cigarettes owned by the Gallaher Group.