<p>It stand for a number, it is commonly used in programming to designate a variable that gonna hold an amount of something see: <a href="https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/NLockTime" rel="noreferrer">https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/NLockTime</a> and <a href="https://en.bitcoinwiki.org/wiki/NSequence" rel="noreferrer">https://en.bitcoinwiki.org/wiki/NSequence</a></p>

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The concept of prefixing variable names with information about their type is called Hungarian notation. It was common in Windows programming in the '90s, and now is generally considered a bad idea.
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Saxtheowl
<p>I know what nLockTime and nSequence do, but I'm just curious about where the 'n' comes from. Thanks</p>

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What does the 'n' in nLockTime and nSequence stand for?
Darius
# What does the 'n' in nLockTime and nSequence stand for?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-11-07)

I know what nLockTime and nSequence do, but I'm just curious about where the 'n' comes from. Thanks

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### Answer by username_1 on 2019-11-07. Score: 6 | Accepted answer

It stand for a number, it is commonly used in programming to designate a variable that gonna hold an amount of something see: <https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/NLockTime> and <https://en.bitcoinwiki.org/wiki/NSequence>

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> **username_2**: The concept of prefixing variable names with information about their type is called Hungarian notation. It was common in Windows programming in the '90s, and now is generally considered a bad idea.  

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