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Re:What’s the Difference Between American English and Britis... by kingkawn on Sunday January 02, 2022 @10:29AM (#29769438)
Never heard for the nonce in America
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Re:What’s the Difference Between American English and Britis... by kanwisher on Sunday January 02, 2022 @10:54AM (#29769696)
It’s used in software for sequencing in protocols so stuff doesn’t get repeated
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Re:What’s the Difference Between American English and Britis... by selimthegrim on Sunday January 02, 2022 @11:04AM (#29769815)
Also cryptography.
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Re:What’s the Difference Between American English and Britis... by Beldin on Sunday January 02, 2022 @12:08PM (#29770604)
Sure, but there it's generally understood to mean "Number used Once".
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Re:What’s the Difference Between American English and Britis... by thaumasiotes on Sunday January 02, 2022 @12:56PM (#29771391)
Huh? I immediately assumed the use in cryptography was related to... the normal use. Compare https://www.etymonline.com/word/nonce-word :

> "word coined for a special occasion," and not likely to be wanted again, 1884, from nonce "for a particular purpose" + word (n.).

And despite what you say, I still feel certain that's what's going on. The meaning is identical.

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Re:What’s the Difference Between American English and Britis... by selimthegrim on Sunday January 02, 2022 @01:07PM (#29771568)
Sure but I thought above comment meant sequencing in genetic sense so it bore clarifying
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Re:What’s the Difference Between American English and Britis... by Tagbert on Sunday January 02, 2022 @12:00PM (#29770474)
It’s not a common part of most people’s vocabulary but not unknown among those with a higher rate of reading.
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