napier

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Napier
    n 1: Scottish mathematician who invented logarithms; introduced
         the use of the decimal point in writing numbers (1550-1617)
         [syn: {Napier}, {John Napier}]

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

Napier

   Atkinson & Morrison, St Andrews U; design began ca. 1985,
   first implementation Napier88, 1988.  Based on {orthogonal
   persistence}, permits definition and manipulation of
   namespaces.

   ["The Napier88 Reference Manual", R. Morrison et al, CS Depts
   St Andrews U and U Glasgow, Persistent Programming Research
   Report PPRR-77-89, 1989].

from U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

Napier, WV
  Zip code(s): 26631