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The Nike missile family was named for the mythical Greek goddess of victory. The Nike was the world's first operational guided anti-aircraft missile system. Planning for Nike was begun in 1945 at the Bell Telephone Laboratories, the same outfit that built the nation's long distance telephone system. The Nike missile system was deployed around all major US cities from 1959 to 1974.

The Nike-Ajax for the first generation missile system. The Nike-Herucles was the second generation system.

by Sam Stokes July 29, 2006

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1. The best brand of shoe ever worn by all kinds of people worldwide. Hopefully thogh Nike has stopped using underprivliged children in less fortunate countries!
2.When someone won't do something that you want them to bcause they are b'in scared asses, then say "Nike" because their slogan is "Just do it." So Nike pretty much means "Just do it."

1. "My boyfriend and I are wearing matching Nike's."
2. " Omi gosh Danny, Nike."

by iknowmyshitakimushrooms July 29, 2006

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Nike

Something that can be used to fix a problem, without fully understanding why or how it works. Derived from the Nike slogan "Just Do It".

Originally used by C++ programmers who frequently copy and paste sections of code when they get nonsensical error messages.

I kept getting compilation errors in my code until I added these Nikes and it just started to work.

by Bonnici June 16, 2008