Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

null pointer

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.37 in modern English

Syllables
nul-l -point-er
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A pointer that does not point to any data object.

Inflected Forms

Questions

What does null pointer mean?
A pointer that does not point to any data object.

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