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Specific uses of '''Nil''' include:
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]].
*In the [[card game]], [[spades]], when a [[Player (game)|player]] predicts that they will win [[0 (number)|zero]] tricks, this is commonly referred to as going [[nil]].
*[[Nil (band)|Nil]] is an American improvisational [[psychedelic rock]] band
*[[Nil (band)|Nil]] is an American improvisational [[psychedelic rock]] band
*[[nil (Japanese band)|Nil]] is a Japanese rock trio.
*[[nil (Japanese band)|Nil]] is a Japanese rock trio.
*[[Nil Programming Language|Nil]] is a mock programming language.
*[[Nil (programming language)|NIL]] is the name of an implementation of the [[Lisp (programming language)|LISP]] programming language
*Nil is a mock programming language.
*[[NiL]] is a computer game.
*[[NiL]] is a computer game.
*''[[Nil: A Land Beyond Belief]]'' is a [[2005]] [[graphic novel]] published by [[SLG Press]].
*''[[Nil: A Land Beyond Belief]]'' is a [[2005]] [[graphic novel]] published by [[SLG Press]].
*"Nil" is used to indicate an invalid or uninitialized [[variable]] in some computer [[Programming Language|programming languages]], (see also [[Null (computer)|Null]]). In this context it was first used in the [[LISP]] programming language and is used as an [[abbreviation]] for ''nihil'' (the Latin for ''nothing'') or "'''n'''ot '''i'''n '''l'''ist".
*"Nil" is used to indicate an invalid or uninitialized [[variable]] in some computer [[Programming Language|programming languages]], (see also [[Null (computer)|Null]]).
*In the [[Lisp (programming language)|LISP]] programming language NIL is used to denote falsehood and the empty list.
*[[Nil Karaibrahimgil]] is a Turkish female singer.
*[[Nil Karaibrahimgil]] is a Turkish female singer.






Revision as of 23:09, 17 October 2006

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

Specific uses of Nil include: