Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗A non-existent or empty value or set of values. · Zero quantity of expressions; nothing. · Something that has no force or meaning. · The null character; the ASCII or Unicode character (␀), represented by a zero value, which indicates no character and is sometimes used as a string terminator.
Having no validity; "null and void". · Insignificant. · Absent or non-existent. · Of the null set.
To nullify; to annul. · To return to the null position, setting, etc. · To form nulls, or into nulls, as in a lathe. · To crack; to remove restrictions or limitations in (software).
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Italic *oinosder. Proto-Italic *noinolos Latin nūllusder. Old French nul Middle French nulbor. English null Borrowed from Middle French nul, from Latin nūllus.
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