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'''Nil''' is a word commonly used to mean [[nothing]] or [[0 (number)|zero]]. See also [[null]].
Specific uses of '''Nil''' include:
*In the [[card game]], [[Spades (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 (Japanese band)|Nil]] is a Japanese rock trio fronted by Takano Tetsu, former vocalist of [[Malice Mizer]].
*A [[keyword]] used to represent a null [[Pointer (computing)|pointer]] in [[Pascal]] and Pascal-like programming languages.
*[[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 Network Interface Language. See RFC-33.
*[[NiL]], ''NiL Isn't Liero'', a computer game.
*''[[Nil: A Land Beyond Belief]]'' is a [[2005]] [[graphic novel]] published by [[SLG Press]].
*"Nil" is used in some computer [[Programming Language|programming languages]] to indicate an invalid/uninitialized [[variable]] (e.g. [[Ruby (programming language)|Ruby]]), or an empty list (e.g. [[Standard ML|SML]]). See also [[Null (computer programming)]].
*In the [[Lisp (programming language)|LISP]] programming language NIL is used to denote falsehood and the empty list.
* Short form of Nilay, a turkish female name and also, [[Nil Karaibrahimgil]] is a Turkish female singer.
* NIL may mean [[nanoimprint lithography]].
*[[Nil (album)|Nil]] is an album released by Japanese rock band [[Gazette (band)|Gazette]].
*[[Nil (cigarette)|Nil]] is a brand of [[cigarette]]s produced by the [[Gallaher Group]].
*[[N.I.L.]] ("Nihilism Is Liberation") is an American black metal band.
*[[North Island Line]], a proposed extension railway of Hong Kong
*NIL: "Negative for Intraepithelial Lesion" is a result of a pap smear.
== See also ==
* [[Null]]
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