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• Dispatch table
  {{Short description|Computer code structure with a table of pointers to functions or similar}} ...a common technique when implementing [[late binding]] in [[object-oriented programming]].
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• Cloning (programming)
  ...aradigm|paradigm]] of [[instance-based programming]], or [[object-oriented programming]] (OOP). .../code>, <code>long</code>, etc. simply store their values somewhere in the computer's memory (often the [[call stack]]). By using simple assignment, you can co
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• Stale pointer bug
  ...ter bug''', otherwise known as an '''aliasing bug''', is a class of subtle programming errors that can arise in code that does [[dynamic memory allocation]], espe ...[[high-level programming language|higher-level languages]], such as [[Lisp programming language|Lisp]].
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• ACC (programming language)
  {{Short description|Programming language}} ...tion-technology/computer-programming/|title=Computer Programming {{!}} ACC Computer Science and Information Technology|website=sites.austincc.edu|access-date=2
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• Pointer
  {{wiktionary|pointer|pointers}} Pairs of stars popularly called "The Pointers":
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• Cursor
  ..., an indicator used to show the current position for user interaction on a computer monitor or other display device ...me known data structure, a predecessor of [[Pointer (computer programming)|pointers]]
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• Memory corruption
  ...y safety]]. The most likely causes of memory corruption are [[Software bug|programming errors]] (software bugs). When the corrupted memory contents are used later ...ve powerful features of explicit memory management and [[Pointer (computer programming)|pointer arithmetic]]. These features are designed for developing efficient
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• CDR coding
  ...ed by the [[MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory]], and implemented in [[computer]] hardware in a number of [[Lisp machine]]s derived from the MIT [[CADR (co ...pically expensive or impossible, but over time they cause [[fragmentation (computer)|fragmentation]] of the store. This problem is typically avoided by using C
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• Struct (C programming language)
  ...es to be accessed via a single [[identifier]], often a [[pointer (computer programming)|pointer]]. A struct can contain other data types so is used for mixed-data ...The alignment of particular fields in the struct (with respect to [[Word (computer architecture)|word]] boundaries) is implementation-specific and may include
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• Pointer swizzling
  {{Short description|Computer science term}} ...or [[offset (computer science)|position]] into direct [[pointer (computer programming)|pointer]] references ([[memory address]]es). It is typically performed dur
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• Treelang
  {{Short description|Programming language}} '''Treelang''' is a [[Toy language|"toy"]] [[programming language]] distributed with the [[GNU Compiler Collection]] (GCC) to demons
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• Function pointer
  ...subroutine pointer''' or '''procedure pointer''', is a [[pointer (computer programming)|pointer]] referencing executable code, rather than data. [[dereference ope ...time. They can also be passed to a function to enable [[callback (computer programming)|callbacks]].
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• Uninitialized variable
  ...edictable one. As such, it is a programming error and a common source of [[computer bug|bug]]s in software. ...e stack [[pointer (computer programming)|pointer]], and does not set the [[computer storage|memory]] itself to any new state (typically out of efficiency conce
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• Class-based programming
  {{Short description|Style of object-oriented programming where inheritance is based on classes}} ...of inheritance occurring via the objects alone (compare [[prototype-based programming]]).
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• Transaction Application Language
  {{short description|Procedural computer language also known as TAL}} {{infobox programming language
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• In-place algorithm
  {{Short description|Type of computer science algorithm}} In [[computer science]], an '''in-place algorithm''' is an [[algorithm]] that operates di
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• First-class citizen
  {{Short description|Concept in programming language design}} ...ned to a [[Variable (computer science)|variable]].<ref>{{cite book |title= Programming Language Pragmatics |last= Scott |first= Michael |year= 2006 |publisher= Mo
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• Cyclone (programming language)
  {{Short description|Memory-safe dialect of the C programming language}} {{Infobox programming language
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• Aliasing (computing)
  == Aliased pointers == ...ith more than one name (for example, with [[pointer (computer programming)|pointers]]). This is a common problem with functions that accept pointer arguments,
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• Reference (computer science)
  ...ce)|variable]]'s value or a [[record (computer science)|record]], in the [[computer]]'s [[memory (computing)|memory]] or in some other [[Data storage device|st ...ss]] of the data, i.e. a reference is implemented as a [[Pointer (computer programming)|pointer]]. For this reason a reference is often said to "point to" the dat
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