Definition of Pointer. Meaning of Pointer. Synonyms of Pointer

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Definition of Pointer

Pointer
Pointer Point"er, n. One who, or that which, points. Specifically: (a) The hand of a timepiece. (b) (Zo["o]l.) One of a breed of dogs trained to stop at scent of game, and with the nose point it out to sportsmen. (c) pl. (Astron.) The two stars (Merak and Dubhe) in the Great Bear, the line between which points nearly in the direction of the north star. See Illust. of Ursa Major. (b) pl. (Naut.) Diagonal braces sometimes fixed across the hold.

Meaning of Pointer from wikipedia

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- display device that will respond to input, such as a text cursor or a mouse pointer. Cursor is Latin for 'runner'. A cursor is a name given to the transparent...
- The German Shorthaired Pointer or Deutsch Kurzhaar is a German breed of continental pointing dog of Braque type. It originated in the nineteenth century...
- computing, a null pointer (sometimes shortened to nullptr or null) or null reference is a value saved for indicating that the pointer or reference does...
- The Pointer, sometimes called the English Pointer, is a medium-sized breed of pointing dog developed in England. Pointers are used to find game for hunters...
- In computer science, pointer swizzling is the conversion of references based on name or position into direct pointer references (memory addresses). It...
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- computer programming, an opaque pointer is a special case of an opaque data type, a data type declared to be a pointer to a record or data structure of...