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Pointer (computer programming)

Known as: Software pointer, Pointer (computer science), Raw pointer 
In computer science, a pointer is a programming language object, whose value refers to (or "points to") another value stored elsewhere in the… 
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Highly Cited
2015
Highly Cited
2015
Bluetooth smart: An enabling technology for the Internet of Things
The past couple of years have seen a heightened interest in the Internet of Things (IoT), transcending industry, academia and… 
Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
A Novel Anti-Collision Algorithm in RFID Systems for Identifying Passive Tags
Radio frequency identification has been developed and used in many applications in the real world. Due to the shared wireless… 
Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
SPACE: Sharing pattern-based directory coherence for multicore scalability
An important challenge in multicore processors is the maintenance of cache coherence in a scalable manner. Directory-based… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASERS, by Siu Fung Yu, Wiley, Hoboken, 2003, hardback, xviii + 445 pp., ISBN 0-471-39124-7, Wiley Series in Lasers and Applications (£58.50)
This is a comprehensive guide to the use of this useful and interesting programming language. It is written in a pleasant chatty… 
Review
2001
Review
2001
The potential for using Larix decidua ring widths in reconstructions of larch budmoth (Zeiraphera diniana) outbreak history: dendrochronological estimates compared with insect surveys
Abstract. In the Alps, larch (Larix decidua Mill.) forests show periodic discolouration due to larch budmoth (LBM) outbreaks… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
A new approach to finding objects in programs
Software maintenance is difficult and costly because the maintainer must understand the existing relationships in the maintained… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
A Performance Study of Alternative Object Faulting and Pointer Swizzling Strategies
This paper presents a portable, efficient method for accessing memory resident persistent objects in virtual memory in the… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Lessons from a "living in a database" graphical query interface
The Living In a Database system (LID) is a user-friendly interface to an entity-relationship database Its underlying ideas are… 
Highly Cited
1970
Highly Cited
1970
Organization of Serial Pattern Learning
Highly Cited
1951
Highly Cited
1951
Experiments on the Neural Crest of the Lamprey Embryo
1. The fate of the neural crest of the head in Lampetra planeri has been studied by experiments involving the removal or the… 
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