Importance of Nano

by minniedolphlq

In computing industries nano means curses based text editor which is used in unix and unix-like systems. One ca n say that the nano which they are using is the clone of pico who was counted as the editor of the pine email client. Now nano in the market is taken as which emulates the operations nad easy accessingof interface of pico with no aid of strong mailer synchronization of pine and pico package. In the book of GNU that is general publiclicense nano is termed as free software. In the year 1999 chris allegretta discovered nano by using the tip. The intention of chris allegretta was to make such a free software which can replace pico. But under free software license none of them were distributed in the market. Later in the year2000 name was changed officially as nano to separate it from the tip command. This name belongs from si prefixes in which nano thought to be one thousand times larger than pico. As going through this journey of name nano in the year 2001 become official part of gnu project.

Now the nano is more preferrable among its users than pico as it has colored text, regular experession, search and replace option, smooth scrolling and many multiple buffers etc. Just like pico, nano has the keyboard orientation which is controlled by control keys such as control O helps in saving the current file, control W for search menu. On the keyboard nano keeps the shortcut bar just below the bottom showing lots of commands present in the current context. For toggling one behaviour nano uses meta keys in the c omputing system. Nano has the specific feature of using the mouse not only for activating the functions present on the shortcut bar but also positioning the cursor. Nano is widely used in many fields such as science and engineering, people, fiction and entertainment, and in many other uses.

Like in engineering nanotube means nanometre scale tube like structure, nanobe means small tiny filaments structures in rocks and sediments, nano used as a text editor etc. Then as people sourc e nano used as nano rubio who is a contemporary artist living in california, fatos nano who is a primeminister of albania, lourdes flores nano who is the leader of the national unity party of peru. In fiction and entertainment nano-nano pudding who is a charac ter of the anime galaxy angle II, nano also a brand fo virtual pets, ipod nano which is a media player marketed by apple inc., silver nano samsung product in the market etc . So in this way nano has vast usage in everydays life in each and ev ery field.

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