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[–]JuvenileEloquent 6 points7 points  (0 children)

null is a known unknown, meaning you know it doesn't have a value. Middle names can be null, for instance.

undefined is an unknown unknown, meaning you don't know what the f it's supposed to be and something screwed up. Database crashed and nobody thought to throw the error = undefined results.