n. An array or structure type. adj. Refers to such a type.

See argument.

n. A reference (usually in the form of a pointer) to an object which is also known via other references (i.e. its own name, or other pointers). vt. To create such a reference.

n. The American National Standards Institute. adj. Used informally to refer to Standard C; see question 11.1.

n. A value which is passed in an argument list during a function call or function-like macro invocation. Often emphasized ``actual argument.'' Compare parameter.

n. The traditional name for the array (``vector'') of command-line arguments which is passed to main() when a C program is invoked; see questions 11.12b and 20.3.

adj. Refers to a type or value on which conventional arithmetic can be performed. The arithmetic types in C are the integral types (q.v.) and the floating types (float, double, and long double).

n.,adj. The American Standard Code for Information Interchange, ANSI X3.4-86.

n. An expression context which is recognizably the source of an assignment or conversion to a destination of known type. The assignment contexts in C are initializations, the right-hand side of assign [..]

adj. (Often as ``automatic duration.'') Refers to an object which has its storage automatically allocated on entry to a function (or a nested block), and deallocated upon return from the fun [..]