"reference type" meaning in All languages combined

See reference type on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: reference types [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} reference type (plural reference types)
  1. (programming) A data type that represents a reference to a value, as opposed to the value itself. Wikipedia link: reference type Coordinate_terms: value type Translations (data type): viittaustyyppi (Finnish), viitetyyppi (Finnish)

Inflected forms

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