pointer variables to be among computer science's "most valuable treasures." Donald Knuth, Structured Programming, with go to Statements In computer science...

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...

In computer science, a smart pointer is an abstract data type that simulates a pointer while providing added features, such as automatic memory management...

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...

A function pointer, also called a subroutine pointer or procedure pointer, is a pointer referencing executable code, rather than data. Dereferencing the...

In computer science, pointer swizzling is the conversion of references based on name or position into direct pointer references (memory addresses). It...

pointer can be seen as a tagged pointer with a computed tag. Programming languages use different literals for the null pointer. In Python, for example, a null...

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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...

History of Functional Programming Languages" (PDF). International Symposium on Trends in Functional Programming. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Vol. 7829...

programming languages, with C compilers available for practically all modern computer architectures and operating systems. The book The C Programming...

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...

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...

esoteric programming language (sometimes shortened to esolang) is a programming language designed to test the boundaries of computer programming language...

In computer programming, a callback is a function that is stored as data (a reference) and designed to be called by another function – often back to the...

Numbers in the Ch Programming Language". Scientific Programming: 76–106. Cheng, Harry (1993). "Scientific Computing in the Ch Programming Language". Scientific...

In computer science, pointer analysis, or points-to analysis, is a static code analysis technique that establishes which pointers, or heap references,...

In computer science, imperative programming is a programming paradigm of software that uses statements that change a program's state. In much the same...

for low-level programming, notably packed structs (structs without padding between fields), arbitrary-width integers and multiple pointer types. The main...

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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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...

targets Role-oriented programming – Programming paradigm based on conceptual understanding of objects Trait (computer programming) – Set of methods that...

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...

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...

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...

details are normally hidden and automatic in high-level programming languages. Many computer instruction sets provide special instructions for manipulating...

A computer program is a sequence or set of instructions in a programming language for a computer to execute. It is one component of software, which also...

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...

In computer programming, a parameter, a.k.a. formal argument, is a variable that represents an argument, a.k.a. actual argument, a.k.a. actual parameter...