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NIL /nil/ No. Used in reply to a question, particularly one asked using the `-P' convention.
Ninety-Ninety Rule n. "The first 90% of the code accounts for the first 90% of the development time.
The remaining 10% of the code accounts for the other 90% of the development time." A...
ipple mouse n. Common term for the pointing device used on IBM ThinkPads and a few other laptop computers.
The device, which sits between the `g' and `h' keys on the keyboard, indeed re...
NMI /N-M-I/ n. Non-Maskable Interrupt. An IRQ 7 on the PDP-11 or 680[01234]0
he NMI line on an 80[1234]86....
o-op /noh'op/ n.,v. alt. NOP /nop/ [no operation] 1.
oddy /nod'ee/ adj. [UK: from the children's books] 1.
Small and un-useful, but demonstrating a point. Noddy programs are often written by people learning a new language or system....
ode n. 1. [Internet, UUCP] A host machine on the network.
2. [MS-DOS BBSes] A dial-in line on a BBS....
Nominal Semidestructor n. Soundalike slang for `National Semiconductor', found among other places in the Networking/2 networking sources.
During the late 1970s to mid-1980s this company m...
on-optimal solution n. (also `sub-optimal solution') An astoundingly stupid way to do something.
This term is generally used in deadpan sarcasm, as its impact is greatest when the person ...
onlinear adj. [scientific computation] 1. Behaving in an erratic and unpredictable fashio
unstable....

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