Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

header file

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.82 in modern English

Syllables: head-er -file
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A file, usually in the form of source code, that is automatically included in another source file by the compiler.

noun

A file that contains declarations but no implementations.

Inflected Forms

header files (plural)

Questions

What does header file mean?: A file, usually in the form of source code, that is automatically included in another source file by the compiler.

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