Re: c.d.theory glossary - NULL
From: Senny <sennomo_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2004 19:33:57 GMT
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Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2004 19:33:57 GMT
Message-ID: <Fizic.1423$17.173255_at_news1.epix.net>
*null*
/adj./
- Attributes to something the absence of value. Ex: "The *null* set is the empty set, often represented by {}."
/n. colloq./
- An noted appearance of the absence of value. Ex: "This table contains *nulls*."
Notes on common usage:
- Confusion arises when people use terms like "null value", which is quite a paradox.
- Confusion arises due to the fact that nullness (the absence of value) is often represented on computers by the number 0. (Obviously, 0 is not null.)
- In some contexts, 'null' and 'nil' mean the same thing; in others, they do not.
--Senny Received on Sat Apr 24 2004 - 21:33:57 CEST