Pointer

Noun

 * 1) Anything that points or is used for pointing.
 * 2) A needle-like component of a timepiece or measuring device that indicates the time or the current reading of the device.
 * 3) A breed of hunting dog.
 * 4)  A variable which holds the address of a memory location where a value can be stored.
 * 5)  An icon that indicates the position of the mouse; a cursor.
 * 6) A tip, a bit of advice (usually plural.)
 * The instructor gave me some pointers on writing a good paper.

Synonyms

 * hand
 * needle
 * mouse pointer
 * reference

Thesaurus
Gyropilot, advice, alerting, arrow, automatic pilot, blaze, boatheader, boatsteerer, caution, cicerone, clue, compass needle, courier, cowherd, coxswain, cue, direction, direction post, dragoman, drover, finger post, fist, goatherd, guide, guideboard, guidepost, guider, hand, helmsman, herd, herdsman, hint, hour hand, index, index finger, indicator, lead, lubber line, mercury, milepost, minute hand, monition, navigator, needle, office, passing word, piece of advice, pilot, point, recommendation, river pilot, rod, shepherd, sign, signboard, signpost, steer, steerer, steersman, stick, suggestion, tip, tip-off, tour director, tour guide, warning, whisper

Translations

 * Finnish:
 * Kurdish: nîşanderk
 * Polish: wskaźnik


 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: указатель,


 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Kurdish: nîşanderk,


 * Polish: wskazówka
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:


 * Finnish:
 * Ido:
 * Kurdish: poyinter


 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:


 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:
 * Icelandic:


 * Italian:
 * Kurdish: nîşanderk
 * Polish: wskaźnik
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: указатель
 * Spanish:, puntero

Derived terms

 * null pointer
 * white pointer
 * dangling pointer

Anagrams

 * interop, protein, pterion, repoint, tropein, tropine

Verb

 * 1) to point to, to point at
 * 2)  to indicate, to show
 * 3) to point out
 * 4)  to show up, turn up

Noun

 * 1)  dog

Etymology 1
, from an earlier poindre:

Etymology 2
From pointer: