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extern

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Synonyms: excern, etern, sextern, exter, extein, exten, extrn

Antonyms: excern, etern, sextern, exter, extein, exten, extrn

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Noun

  1. A person affiliated with an institution in a lesser capacity, for example, as a non-resident or as a part-time affiliate. A day-scholar.
  2. A day-scholar.
  3. Outward form or part; exterior.

Adjective

  1. External; outward; not inherent

Noun

  1. In the C and C++ programming languages, a variable that can be separately declared in many places, all of them referring to the same variable.

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