Source : WordNet®

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

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

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].