Reference

In general, a reference is something that refers or points to something else, or acts as a connection or a link between two things. The objects it links may be concrete, such as books or locations, or abstract, such as data, thoughts, or memories.

Computer science

In computer science, references are datatypes which refer to an object elsewhere in memory, and are used to construct a wide variety of data structures such as linked lists. Most programming languages support some form of reference. See reference (computer science).

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Computer science - Reference - Datatype - Data structure - Linked list - Programming language

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The C++ programming language has a specific type of reference also referred to as a reference; see reference (C Plus Plus).

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C++ - Reference (C Plus Plus)

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