Nil vs Undefined - What's the difference?
nil | undefined |
Nothing; zero.
* 1946 , (Bertrand Russell), History of Western Philosophy , I.19:
No, not any.
* 1982 , Gavin Lyall, Conduct of Major Maxim , Hodder & Stoughton Ltd:
Lacking a definition or value.
(mathematics, computing) That does not have a meaning and is thus not assigned an interpretation.
As an initialism nil
is (nanotechnology) (nanoimprint lithography).As an adjective undefined is
lacking a definition or value.nil
English
Noun
(en noun)- As to Aristotle's influence on him, we are left free to conjecture whatever seems to us most plausible. For my part, I should suppose it nil .
Determiner
(en determiner)- But after two or three hours and nil results, you have to accept that the trail is cold and you can't justify that level of manpower.
See also
* null * nil desperandumAnagrams
* English terms derived from Latin ----undefined
English
Adjective
(wikipedia undefined) (-)- The result of division by zero is undefined .