<P> In computer science , a pointer is a programming language object , whose value refers to ( or `` points to '' ) another value stored elsewhere in the computer memory using its memory address . A pointer references a location in memory , and obtaining the value stored at that location is known as dereferencing the pointer . As an analogy , a page number in a book 's index could be considered a pointer to the corresponding page ; dereferencing such a pointer would be done by flipping to the page with the given page number and reading the text found on the indexed page . </P>
<P> In computer science , a pointer is a programming language object , whose value refers to ( or `` points to '' ) another value stored elsewhere in the computer memory using its memory address . A pointer references a location in memory , and obtaining the value stored at that location is known as dereferencing the pointer . As an analogy , a page number in a book 's index could be considered a pointer to the corresponding page ; dereferencing such a pointer would be done by flipping to the page with the given page number and reading the text found on the indexed page . </P>
what is the type of the value stored in a pointer
what is the type of the value stored in a pointer
value refers to ( or `` points to '' ) another value stored elsewhere in the computer memory using its memory address
value refers to ( or `` points to '' ) another value stored elsewhere in the computer memory using its memory address