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Nested RAID levels
Nested RAID levels, also written as RAID 0+1, build a disk array from other RAID arrays, combining mirroring and striping for better fault tolerance and performance.
Nested sampling
Nested sampling is a Monte Carlo algorithm in Bayesian statistics, introduced by John Skilling in 2006, that computes a model's evidence with posterior samples as a by-product.
Nestene Consciousness and Autons
The Nestene Consciousness (also Nestenes) and Autons are Doctor Who villains created by Robert Holmes: a plastic-animating hive mind and its mannequin foot-soldiers, debuting in Spearhead from Space (1970) and returning in Rose (2005) and the Pandorica two-parter.
Nesteren
Nesteren is a verse drama by the Ottoman playwright Abdülhak Hâmid, written and printed in Paris in 1877 and modeled in subject on Corneille's Le Cid.
Nesterov accelerated gradient
Nesterov accelerated gradient, also called Nesterov momentum, is an optimization method that evaluates the gradient at a look-ahead point, converging faster than plain gradient descent.
Nestin
Nestin (NES gene) is a class VI intermediate filament protein, 1621 amino acids, identified in 1985, marking neural stem cells and serving as a putative cancer stem cell marker co-expressed with CD133 and Sox-2.
Nesting biology of solitary bees
The nesting biology of solitary bees covers how single females build nests in soil or cavities, provision brood cells with pollen and nectar, and lay one egg per cell.
NestJS
NestJS, also called Nest, is an open-source TypeScript web framework for building server-side applications on Node.js, created in 2017 by Kamil Myśliwiec and structured around modules, dependency injection, and decorators.
Nestlé
Nestlé S.A., Swiss multinational food and beverage company headquartered in Vevey, formed by the 1905 merger of Henri Nestlé's infant cereal firm with the Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Company; world's largest food and beverage company, CHF 89.5 billion 2025 sales.
Nestlé Purina PetCare
Nestlé Purina PetCare, formed in 2001 when Nestlé acquired Ralston Purina, is Nestlé's pet food business, headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, selling Purina Pro Plan, Friskies, Felix, and Tidy Cats.
Nestor (Νέστωρ) (mythology)
Nestor (Νέστωρ), also known as Nestor of Gerenia, is the wise old king of Pylos in Greek mythology, a son of Neleus who fought at Troy as the eldest Greek hero and survived the war.
Nestor Archival
Nestor Dionson Archival Sr. is a Filipino electrical engineer, businessman, and green advocate elected mayor of Cebu City in 2025, defeating incumbent Raymond Alvin Garcia and Michael Rama.
Néstor Carbonell
Néstor Gastón Carbonell, American actor born 1967, in New York City; known for Luis Rivera in Suddenly Susan, Richard Alpert in Lost, Sheriff Alex Romero in Bates Motel, Yanko Flores in The Morning Show, and the 2024 Emmy for Shōgun.
Néstor García Canclini
Néstor García Canclini, born 1939 in La Plata, Argentina, is an Argentine anthropologist and cultural critic in Mexico, known for his concept of cultural hybridization.
Néstor Kirchner
Néstor Kirchner (Néstor Carlos Kirchner Ostoic), Argentine president 2003–2007, governor of Santa Cruz 1991–2001, husband of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner; restructured IMF debt, annulled amnesty laws, founded Kirchnerism; died 2010.
Nestor Makhno (Нестор Іванович Махно)
Nestor Makhno (Нестор Іванович Махно, 1889–1934), Ukrainian anarchist leader of the Makhnovist peasant army (Makhnovshchina) in the 1918–1921 civil war; fought Central Powers, Whites, and Bolsheviks, defeated Denikin at Peregonovka, died in Parisian exile.
Nestor meridionalis
Nestor meridionalis, the kākā, is a large olive-brown forest parrot endemic to New Zealand, related to the kea; threatened mainly by stoat predation of nesting females, with fewer than 10,000 birds and recovering populations at predator-controlled sites.
Nestor Ntahontuye
Nestor Ntahontuye (born 1978) is Burundi's Prime Minister, appointed by decree on 5 August 2025; previously finance minister from December 2024 and a statistician-economist and former National Assembly deputy.
Néstor Pitana
Néstor Fabián Pitana, Argentine football referee (born 1975) who refereed the 2018 World Cup final France–Croatia and the opening match, IFFHS World's Best Referee 2018; retired 2022, later Ecuador's refereeing director.
Nestor the Chronicler
Nestor the Chronicler (Нестор Летописец) was a monk of the Kiev Caves monastery in Kievan Rus', traditionally credited with the Tale of Bygone Years, the Russian Primary Chronicle.
Nestor Vidrio
Néstor Vidrio (Néstor Vicente Vidrio Serrano, El Woody), Mexican defender born 1989 in Guadalajara; 2012 Olympic football gold medalist with Mexico, long Liga MX and Expansión MX career, last club Venados FC, without a club since January 2026.
Nestor-Guillermo progeria syndrome
Nestor-Guillermo progeria syndrome (NGPS, OMIM 614008) is an autosomal recessive BANF1 (p.Ala12Thr) premature-aging disorder with severe osteolysis, osteoporosis, and lipoatrophy but no cardiovascular or metabolic complications, giving long survival; about three cases reported.
Nestor's Cup (Pithekoussai)
Nestor's Cup is an 8th-century BCE Rhodian kotyle from Tomb 168 at Pithekoussai, Ischia, bearing one of the oldest Greek alphabetic inscriptions, a three-line verse alluding to Nestor's cup in the Iliad; 2021 reanalysis found at least three adults buried with it.
Nestorian schism
Nestorian schism: fifth-century dispute between Nestorius of Constantinople and Cyril of Alexandria over Theotokos and Christ's natures, resolved at Ephesus 431 and Chalcedon 451, dividing the churches.
Nestorianism
Nestorianism, or Nestorian Christianity, is the doctrine attributed to Nestorius, Patriarch of Constantinople from 428 to 431, condemned at the Council of Ephesus in 431 and later the label for the Church of the East.
Nestorius
Nestorius, also known as Nestorios, was Archbishop of Constantinople from 428 to 431, deposed by the Council of Ephesus in 431 over the Theotokos controversy.
Nestou Epoikion
Nestou Epoikion (Νέστου ἐποίκιον), an unlocated ancient village in the Herakleides meris of Egypt's Arsinoite nome, attested in Greek papyri from the 3rd century BCE to the 8th century CE near Philadelphia and Bakchias.
Nesyamun
Nesyamun was a scribe and priest of Amun at Karnak, Thebes, who died under Ramesses XI; his mummy and coffin are displayed at Leeds City Museum.
Net (mathematics)
A net, also called a Moore–Smith sequence, is a function from a directed set into a topological space, generalizing sequences so convergence describes limits and compactness in every topology.
Net asset value
Net asset value (NAV) is a fund's total assets minus liabilities, and per share it is the price at which open-end funds issue and redeem their shares.