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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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

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



  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) [gazetteer]:

  Napier, WV
    Zip code(s): 26631

















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