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murzikaleks [220]
3 years ago
8

Explain each kind of pointer and for what it is appropriate.

Computers and Technology
2 answers:
Gnoma [55]3 years ago
4 0

Answer:(1) Null pointer(2)huge pointer (3) far pointer (4)near pointer

Explanation:

(1)Null pointer: null pointer is a type of pointer that points at nothing

(2)Huge pointer: Just like a far pointer, it is use to point to the a whole resident of RAM

(4) Near pointer: It can only point to a smaller segment of RAM

(5) Generic pointer is a pointer used when you have more than one item of different type to choose

Mademuasel [1]3 years ago
3 0

Pointer: A pointer is a variable which holds the address of other variable of the specified data type(like int,float,char). In programming we basically use pointers to store the other variable's address.

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