"dangling pointer" meaning in All languages combined

See dangling pointer on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: dangling pointers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} dangling pointer (plural dangling pointers)
  1. (programming) A pointer (variable that holds the address of a memory location) that does not reference a valid object. Wikipedia link: en:dangling pointer Categories (topical): Programming Synonyms: wild pointer Translations (pointer that does not reference a valid object): ponteiro pendente [masculine] (Portuguese)

Inflected forms

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dangling pointers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "dangling pointer (plural dangling pointers)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Programming",
          "orig": "en:Programming",
          "parents": [
            "Computing",
            "Software engineering",
            "Technology",
            "Computer science",
            "Engineering",
            "Software",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Applied sciences",
            "Media",
            "Fundamental",
            "Communication"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A pointer (variable that holds the address of a memory location) that does not reference a valid object."
      ],
      "id": "en-dangling_pointer-en-noun-dY3RbzGy",
      "links": [
        [
          "programming",
          "programming#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "pointer",
          "pointer"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(programming) A pointer (variable that holds the address of a memory location) that does not reference a valid object."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "wild pointer"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "programming",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "pointer that does not reference a valid object",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ponteiro pendente"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "en:dangling pointer"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "dangling pointer"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dangling pointers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "dangling pointer (plural dangling pointers)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "Entries with translation boxes",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "en:Programming"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A pointer (variable that holds the address of a memory location) that does not reference a valid object."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "programming",
          "programming#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "pointer",
          "pointer"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(programming) A pointer (variable that holds the address of a memory location) that does not reference a valid object."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "programming",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "en:dangling pointer"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "wild pointer"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "pointer that does not reference a valid object",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ponteiro pendente"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dangling pointer"
}

Download raw JSONL data for dangling pointer meaning in All languages combined (1.2kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.