"null pointer" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: null pointers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} null pointer (plural null pointers)
  1. (computing) A pointer that does not point to any data object. Wikipedia link: null pointer Categories (topical): Computing Translations (pointer that does not point to any data object): nollaosoitin (Finnish), tyhjä osoitin (Finnish), Nullzeiger [masculine] (German), Null-Zeiger [masculine] (German), tómabendir [masculine] (Icelandic), ヌルポインタ (nurupointa) (Japanese), ぬるぽ (nurupo) (Japanese), нулево́й указа́тель (nulevój ukazátelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), nullpekare [common-gender] (Swedish)

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