Don't Let null Be a Lie — Designing for Integrity via "Measurement"

"Sometimes you can't display true in the verification results"TL;DR: Masking tools often promise that "nothing has changed ...

Christopher Null

Christopher Null, a longtime technology journalist, is a contributor to WIRED and the editor of Drinkhacker. Chris is among ...
VICE

Having ‘Null’ for a Last Name Kind of Sucks

In the world of computer science, the word “null” means “no value.” That’s not to be confused with zero which means zero, an actual numerical value. To put it another way, null is so valueless that it ...

Are 25 and "25" the same data? Reading JSON types, null, and missing values through 5 questions with Teacher and Kenta

A value arrived from a sensor, and Kenta concluded, "It's 25, so they're the same." The teacher lines up the number 25, the ...
TechRepublic

10 tricks for handling null values in Microsoft Access

Null values indicate that data is missing or unknown, and if you don’t take steps to handle them, you could wind up with runtime errors or erroneous data. These Access pointers will help you ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Using the not_null Template for Pointers That Must Never Be Null

It's time to meet the Guideline Support Library, a small helper library that provides some missing functionality. I'll show you how to ensure a pointer is never null, which will make your applications ...
Investopedia

Understanding Null Hypothesis in Investment Analysis

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...