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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>dangling pointer</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../D.html" title="D"/><link rel="previous" href="dancing-frog.html" title="dancing frog"/><link rel="next" href="dark-side-hacker.html" title="dark-side hacker"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">dangling pointer</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="dancing-frog.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">D</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="dark-side-hacker.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="dangling-pointer"/><dt xmlns="" id="dangling-pointer"><b>dangling pointer</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [common] A reference that doesn't actually lead anywhere (in C and
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some other languages, a pointer that doesn't actually point at anything
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valid). Usually this happens because it formerly pointed to something that
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has moved or disappeared. Used as jargon in a generalization of its
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techspeak meaning; for example, a local phone number for a person who has
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since moved to the other coast is a dangling pointer.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="dancing-frog.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../D.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="dark-side-hacker.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">dancing frog </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> dark-side hacker</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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