title: C++: Asterisks, Ampersand and Star?
body: <p>Recently I came across this video on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTSvthW34GU" rel="noreferrer">Programming Paradigms</a> and the prof. used terms like Asterisks, Star, and Ampersand.</p>
  
  <p>This was what how he used those operators:</p>
  
  <pre><code>int i = 37;
  float f = *(float*)&amp;i;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>And how he voiced line 2 while writing it:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Float "f" equals asterisk float star, ampersand of i</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>I understand what asterisk and ampersand mean, but what is the significance of using star here? Is it synonymous to asterisk?</p>