2.8. Glossary¶

address-of

the address-of operator (&) is used to access the address of a C++ variable.

atomic data type

basic data type that cannot be broken down into any simpler data elements.

bool

keyword for Boolean data type.

char

keyword for character data type that stores a single character.

eference follow a pointer to its referenced memory location and read the data there.

float

keyword for floating point data type.

double

keyword for double-precision floating point data type.

int

keyword for integer data type.

pointer

variables that store and manipulate memory addresses.