Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dangling pointer

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.12 in modern English

Syllables: dan-gling -point-er
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A pointer (variable that holds the address of a memory location) that does not reference a valid object.

noun

A pointer referencing memory that was previously deallocated.

Inflected Forms

dangling pointers (plural)

Synonyms

wild pointer

Questions

What does dangling pointer mean?: A pointer (variable that holds the address of a memory location) that does not reference a valid object.

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