extern
Medical student visitor
Extern refers to someone working temporarily at an organization, typically for training or observation rather than full employment.
In American usage, it often describes medical students gaining clinical experience before residency, or law students doing short-term work at firms.
The term emphasizes outsider status—someone attached to but not fully part of an institution: She's doing an extern rotation at the hospital this summer.
In computing, extern declares a variable or function defined elsewhere in the code.
Non-native person
- strangerPerson not yet known
- newcomerRecent arrival somewhere
- visitorShort-term guest
- outsiderOne excluded from group
nonnative · alien · consultant · contractor · nonmember · guest · third-party · nonresident
Supervised workplace learner
- studentOne formally enrolled somewhere
- apprenticeLearner bound to employer
- residentOne who inhabits
- clerkOffice record-keeper
fellow · rotation · placement · clerkship · externship · practicum · trainee · mentee
Software communication standard
- interfaceShared connection point
- integrationCombining into a whole
- gatewayPoint of access
- protocolPrescribed conduct rules
middleware · connectivity · variable · function · library · module · linkage · declaration
foreigner
Non-native person
outsider · nonnative · alien · consultant · contractor · nonmember · guest · third-party · nonresident · temporary worker
intern
Supervised workplace learner
- studentOne formally enrolled somewhere
- apprenticeLearner bound to employer
- residentOne who inhabits
clerk · fellow · rotation · placement · clerkship · externship · practicum · trainee · mentee · preceptor
API
Software communication standard
- interfaceShared connection point
- integrationCombining into a whole
- gatewayPoint of access
protocol · middleware · connectivity · variable · function · library · module · linkage · declaration · reference
- kitchen jobschef, cook, head chef, sous chef, executive chef
- traineestrainee, apprentice, intern, novice, recruit
- internshipsintern, apprentice, trainee, summer intern, paid intern
- C Programmingint, char, float, double, void
- programmingvariables, functions, for, function, debugger
- code modifierspublic, private, protected, static, final
- external driveRemovable storage hardware
- external relationsConnections with outside parties
- exterior walls
- tough exteriorsProtective outer hardness
- crusty exterior
- external hard driveRemovable digital storage device
external, exterior, externally, externalize, exteriors, externalized, externalization, externality, externalizes