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    pointer variables to be among computer science's "most valuable treasures." Donald Knuth, Structured Programming, with go to Statements In computer science...
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    Dangling pointers and wild pointers in computer programming are pointers that do not point to a valid object of the appropriate type. These are special...
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  • trees Pointer Telocation, an Israeli company specializing in stolen vehicle recovery Pointer (computer programming), a data type used in programming Pointer...
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  • In computer science, a smart pointer is an abstract data type that simulates a pointer while providing added features, such as automatic memory management...
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  • computing, a null pointer or null reference is a value saved for indicating that the pointer or reference does not refer to a valid object. Programs routinely...
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  • A function pointer, also called a subroutine pointer or procedure pointer, is a pointer referencing executable code, rather than data. Dereferencing the...
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  • In computer science, a tagged pointer is a pointer (concretely a memory address) with additional data associated with it, such as an indirection bit or...
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  • In 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...
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  • 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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  • programming languages, with C compilers available for practically all modern computer architectures and operating systems. The book The C Programming...
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  • In computer science, imperative programming is a programming paradigm of software that uses statements that change a program's state. In much the same...
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  • In a segmented architecture computer, a far pointer is a pointer to memory in a specific context, such as a segment selector making it possible to point...
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  • History of Functional Programming Languages" (PDF). International Symposium on Trends in Functional Programming. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Vol. 7829...
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  • In computer programming, an indirection (also called a reference) is a way of referring to something using a name, reference, or container instead of the...
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  • commands, a data pointer, and an instruction pointer. Brainfuck is an example of a so-called Turing tarpit: it can be used to write any program, but it is not...
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  • esoteric programming language (sometimes shortened to esolang) is a programming language designed to test the boundaries of computer programming language...
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    real-time operating system. Computer programming portal Destructor (computer programming) Dynamic dead-code elimination Smart pointer Virtual memory compression...
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  • Early binding Eigenclass Encapsulation (computer programming) European Conference on Object-Oriented Programming Exception handling Extension Facade - pattern...
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  • computing, a pointer or mouse pointer (as part of a personal computer WIMP style of interaction) is a symbol or graphical image on the computer monitor or...
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    The program counter (PC), commonly called the instruction pointer (IP) in Intel x86 and Itanium microprocessors, and sometimes called the instruction...
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    details are normally hidden and automatic in high-level programming languages. Many computer instruction sets provide special instructions for manipulating...
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  • In computer programming, a constant is a value that is not altered by the program during normal execution. When associated with an identifier, a constant...
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  • const pointer if one was passed to them and an unqualified pointer if an unqualified pointer was passed to them. In Version 2 of the D programming language...
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  • Numbers in the Ch Programming Language". Scientific Programming: 76–106. Cheng, Harry (1993). "Scientific Computing in the Ch Programming Language". Scientific...
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  • it, on Unix systems /dev/null Null pointer or reference (sometimes written NULL, nil, or None), an object pointer (or reference) not currently set to...
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  • In computer programming, a reference is a value that enables a program to indirectly access a particular datum, such as a variable's value or a record...
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  • In computer science, pointer analysis, or points-to analysis, is a static code analysis technique that establishes which pointers, or heap references,...
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  • Return-oriented programming (ROP) is a computer security exploit technique that allows an attacker to execute code in the presence of security defenses...
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    In computer science and computer programming, a data type (or simply type) is a collection or grouping of data values, usually specified by a set of possible...
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  • both class-based and prototype-based programming, but in narrow use the term is reserved for class-based programming (one class inherits from another),...
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