dangling pointer

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|programming|loosely}} A [[pointer]] {{gloss|variable that holds the address of a memory location}} that does not reference a valid object.
2. {{lb|en|programming|strictly}} A pointer referencing memory that was previously [[deallocate]]d.

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