Pointer

[Sarah]

One who, or that which, points. Specifically:(a) The hand of a timepiece.(b) (Zoöl.) One of a breed of dogs trained to stop at scent of game,and with the nose point it out to sportsmen. (c) pl. (Astron.)

[Sarah]

A pointer is a data type of a programming language. Pointers are basically variables that can point to another location in memory.

[Sarah]

A data type found in computer programming languages such as C . It is a variable that holds the memory address of another variable.
Dynamic allocation of memory is possible through the use of pointers.

[Sarah]

A person from Verplanck, New York that can be identified by their lack of teeth and extremely large foreheads.

[Sarah]

An ineffective member of Top Level Mgmt bought in when a work situation has become troublesome but a shouter has failed to bring things back on track. Whilst the aim is for the pointer to fix things by putting the fear of god into a team they generally fail and pass the blame to other members of the team as a result gaining a significant bonus.

[Sarah]

To a programmer, it is the root of all evil, headaches, and bugs.

[Gregory]

A long, thin piece of metal on a scale or dial which moves to indicate a figure or position.

[Jason Yan]

Fraud detection software using advanced mathematics. A software product by PotentiaN