pointers
Guidance for understanding
Pointers are tips or pieces of advice: Can you give me some pointers on my resume?
A pointer is also something that points—a stick for indicating items on a display, the cursor on a screen, or a breed of hunting dog that freezes and points its muzzle toward game.
In programming, a pointer is a variable that stores a memory address rather than data itself.
Speak to formally
- memoryMind's retention capacity
- referenceDirecting attention elsewhere
- variableProne to fluctuation
- dereferenceRetrieve value from pointer
null · array · allocation · stack · heap · node · C · algorithm
Pointed shaft for shooting
- cursorOn-screen position indicator
- signMark conveying information
- markerSomething that signals location
- signalMessage-conveying cue
indicator · cue · hint · clue · tip · suggestion · reference · guide
Pursuing wild game
- setterOne who establishes
- retrieverDog trained to fetch game
- gundogTrained hunting retriever
- breedCultivated variety of animal
stance · field · game · bird · quarry · scent · tracking · alert
Mention of a source
- footnoteCitation at page bottom
- cross-referenceNotation pointing elsewhere
- indexAlphabetical guide to contents
- annotationAdded explanatory comment
source · bibliography · endnote · appendix · glossary · hyperlink · bookmark · link
End or gratuity
- hintIndirect suggestion
- suggestionIdea proposed for consideration
- recommendationAdvised course of action
- guidanceAdvice for decisions
counsel · direction · instruction · lesson · insight · feedback · note · reminder
address
Speak to formally
dereference · null · array · allocation · stack · heap · node · C · algorithm · buffer
arrow
Pointed shaft for shooting
- cursorOn-screen position indicator
- signMark conveying information
- markerSomething that signals location
signal · indicator · cue · hint · clue · tip · suggestion · reference · guide · direction
hunting
Pursuing wild game
breed · stance · field · game · bird · quarry · scent · tracking · alert · instinct
citation
Mention of a source
- footnoteCitation at page bottom
- cross-referenceNotation pointing elsewhere
- indexAlphabetical guide to contents
annotation · source · bibliography · endnote · appendix · glossary · hyperlink · bookmark · link · callout
tip
End or gratuity
- hintIndirect suggestion
- suggestionIdea proposed for consideration
- recommendationAdvised course of action
guidance · counsel · direction · instruction · lesson · insight · feedback · note · reminder · observation
- unsolicited advicediet tips, career advice, relationship advice, fashion advice, tips
- navigation aidscompass, maps, road signs, signs, GPS
- adviceadvice, advise, tips, counsel, guidance
- cluesclue, clues, hint, hints, cue
- British huntingfox hunting, fox hunt, foxhound, foxhunting, deer hunt
- ship partshull, keel, deck, mast, bow
pointersvalues
Principles held worthwhile
data · referents · literals · primitives · content
pointersmisdirections
Acts of guiding wrongly
red herrings · distractions · dead ends · concealers · misleaders
- pointed outCalled attention to
- laser pointerHandheld focused beam emitter
- pointed earsEars tapering to tips
- pointer fingerFirst digit after thumb
- three pointerLong-range basketball score
- mouse pointerOn-screen position indicator
pointed, pointer, disappointed, reappointed, unpointed, repointed