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1 History
2 Formal description
3 Architectural roots
4 Uses
5 Typed pointers and casting
- 5.1 Value of pointers
6 Making pointers safer
7 Special kinds of pointers
8 Simulation using an array index
9 Support in various programming languages
10 See also
11 Notes
12 References
13 External links

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Pointer (computer programming)

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Object which stores memory addresses in a computer program

For other uses, see Pointer (disambiguation).