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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) : [ foldoc ]


  null
       
           A special value used in several languages to
          represent the thing referred to by an uninitialised pointer.
       
           A special value that may be stored in some database
          columns to represent an unknown, missing, not applicable, or
          undefined value.  Nulls are treated completely differently
          from ordinary values when evaluating SQL expressions and there
          are several SQL constructs for dealing with nulls.
       
          (2003-06-17)

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Null \Null\, a. [L. nullus not any, none; ne not + ullus any, a
     dim. of unus one; cf. F. nul. See No, and One, and cf.
     None.]
     1. Of no legal or binding force or validity; of no efficacy;
        invalid; void; nugatory; useless.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Faultily faultless, icily regular, splendidly null,
              Dead perfection; no more.             --Tennyson.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Having a value of zero; as, of null utility.
        [PJC]
  
     3. (Math.) Empty; having no members; as, the null set.
        [PJC]
  
     4. (Computers) Unassigned or meaningless; -- a special value
        given to variables, especially pointers or logical
        variables, indicating that it is meaningless and cannot be
        used in computation; as, an uninitialized pointer in "C"
        is given a null value. The actual value that is stored in
        memory to indicate the null condition may vary with the
        computer language used.
        [PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Null \Null\, n.
     1. Something that has no force or meaning.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. That which has no value; a cipher; zero. --Bacon.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Null method (Physics.), a zero method. See under Zero.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Null \Null\, v. t. [From null, a., or perh. abbrev. from annul.]
     To annul. [Obs.] --Milton.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Null \Null\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.]
     One of the beads in nulled work.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Null \Null\, a. [L. nullus not any, none; ne not + ullus any, a
     dim. of unus one; cf. F. nul. See No, and One, and cf.
     None.]
     Of no legal or binding force or validity; of no efficacy;
     invalid; void; nugatory; useless.
  
           Faultily faultless, icily regular, splendidly null,
           Dead perfection; no more.                --Tennyson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Null \Null\, n.
     1. Something that has no force or meaning.
  
     2. That which has no value; a cipher; zero. --Bacon.
  
     Null method (Physics.), a zero method. See under Zero.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Null \Null\, v. t. [From null, a., or perh. abbrev. from annul.]
     To annul. [Obs.] --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Null \Null\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.]
     One of the beads in nulled work.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  null
       adj : lacking any legal or binding force; "null and void" [syn: void]
       n : a quantity of no importance; "it looked like nothing I had
           ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had
           done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all
           for naught"; "I didn't hear zilch about it" [syn: nothing,
            nil, nix, nada, aught, cipher, cypher, goose
           egg, naught, zero, zilch, zip]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  null
     Γερμανικά num.
     μηδέν
     Εσθονικά num.
     μηδέν

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  null
     Cimbrian num.
     (lb cim Luserna) zero
     Estonian num.
     (cln et cardinal numbers) zero
     German a.
     (lb de specialist law chiefly predicative) null (gloss: having no
  validity)
     German num.
     1 (lb de cardinal) zero; nil; nought; (q: tennis) love (gloss:
  integer number between -1 and 1, denoting no quantity at all)
     2 (lb de colloquial) zero; no
     Norwegian Bokmål det.
     (l en no) (q: determiner: not any)
     Norwegian Bokmål n.
     1 zero (gloss: numeric symbol of zero), (l en nought), (l en nil)
     2 a (l en nobody) or (l en nonentity) (q: derogatory about a person)
     Norwegian Bokmål num.
     (cln nb cardinal numbers) zero, (l en nought), (l en nil)
     Pennsylvania German num.
     zero

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  null'
     Italian pron.
     (lb it sometimes before a vowel) (apocopic form of it nulla)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Null
     Luxembourgish n.
     zero
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  null
     a.
     1 Having no validity; "null and void".
     2 insignificant.
     n.
     1 A non-existent or empty value or set of values.
     2 zero quantity of expression; nothing.
     3 Something that has no force or meaning.
     4 (lb en computing) The null character; the ASCII or Unicode
  character (<big><big>(lang und sc=Latnx
  ␀)</big></big>), represented by a zero value, which
  indicates no character and is sometimes used as a string terminator.
     5 (lb en computing) The attribute of an entity that has no valid
  value.
     6 One of the beads in nulled work.
     7 (lb en statistics) The null hypothesis.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive archaic) To nullify; to annul.
     2 To return to the #Adjective position, setting, etc.
     3 To form #Nouns, or into #Nouns, as in a lathe.
     4 (lb en computing slang transitive) To crack; to remove restrictions
  or limitations in (software).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  Null
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  null
     Estonian num.
     (cln et cardinal numbers) zero
     Faroese n.
     (lb fo maths) the (l en numeric) (l en symbol) that represents the
  cardinal number zero
     Faroese num.
     (cln fo cardinal numbers) (l en zero)
     Norwegian Bokmål det.
     (l en no) (q: determiner: not any)
     Norwegian Bokmål n.
     1 zero (gloss: numeric symbol of zero), (l en nought), (l en nil)
     2 a (l en nobody) or (l en nonentity) (q: derogatory about a person)
     Norwegian Bokmål num.
     (cln nb cardinal numbers) zero, (l en nought), (l en nil)
     Pennsylvania German num.
     zero

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  null'
     Italian pron.
     (lb it sometimes before a vowel) (apocopic form of it nulla)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Null
     Luxembourgish n.
     zero
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  null
     Estonian num.
     (cln et cardinal numbers) zero
     Faroese n.
     (lb fo maths) the (l en numeric) (l en symbol) that represents the
  cardinal number zero
     Faroese num.
     (cln fo cardinal numbers) (l en zero)
     Norwegian Bokmål det.
     (l en no) (q: determiner: not any)
     Norwegian Bokmål n.
     1 zero (gloss: numeric symbol of zero), (l en nought), (l en nil)
     2 a (l en nobody) or (l en nonentity) (q: derogatory about a person)
     Norwegian Bokmål num.
     (cln nb cardinal numbers) zero, (l en nought), (l en nil)
     Pennsylvania German num.
     zero

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  null'
     Italian pron.
     (lb it sometimes before a vowel) (apocopic form of it nulla)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Null
     Luxembourgish n.
     zero
     n.
     (surname: en).

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  null
     Norja num.
     (kard: k=no) nolla
     Saksa num.
     (kard: k=de) nolla

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  null
     Engelska a.
     ogiltig
     Engelska n.
     1 (tagg data språk=en) #Svenska, värde som indikerar ogiltighet eller
  saknad
     2 (tagg data språk=en) #Svenska, ett styrtecken
     Estniska card.
     noll
     n.
     1 (tagg: data) värde (hos t.ex. variabel) som indikerar ogiltighet
  eller saknad
     2 (tagg: data) ett styrtecken i ASCII och Unicode (␀), som
  representeras av ett noll-värde och som ibland används för att avsluta
  strängar
     Tyska card.
     noll

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Null
     Tyska n.
     nolla

From Swedish Wiktionary: Swedish language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-sv-2023-07-27 ]


  null
     n.
     1 (tagg: data) värde (hos t.ex. variabel) som indikerar ogiltighet
  eller saknad
     2 (tagg: data) ett styrtecken i ASCII och Unicode (␀), som
  representeras av ett noll-värde och som ibland används för att avsluta
  strängar

From Breton-French FreeDict Dictionary (Geriadur Tomaz) ver. 0.8.3 : [ freedict:bre-fra ]


  null 
  nul, sans valeur
        "Null emaon ganti"  - je n'y arrive pas
        "labour sul, labour null"  - travail du dimanche, travail nul

From Deutsch-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2020.10.04 : [ freedict:deu-bul ]


  Null /nʊl/ 
  нула 2.
  die ganze (und je nach Definition natürliche) Zahl, die Kardinalzahl vor der Eins
   3.
  die Ziffer Null (0 – in Fremdsprachen auch: ٠, 零, 〇)

From Deutsch-ελληνικά FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:deu-ell ]


  Null /nʊl/ 
  μηδέν
  die ganze (und je nach Definition natürliche) Zahl, die Kardinalzahl vor der Eins

From Deutsch-ελληνικά FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:deu-ell ]


  null /nʊl/ 
  μηδέν
  die Kardinalzahl vor eins; der Wert null; die Ziffer „0“