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1 CraigBox 1 Computerspeak for 'Zero', Null's usage derives from the mathematics "Of or relating to a set having no members or to zero magnitude."
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3 [Unix] computers have a null device, located at /dev/null: if you try and read this you will get a null result, if you try and write to it your data will disappear. This has lead to a common quote in email: "Constructive replies to (email address), flames to /dev/null"
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5 Abbreviated to [NUL] in [ASCII].