pointer🔊

Anything that points or is used for pointing.

One who points.

(teacher) A teacher's pointer, pointing stick, a rod with an arrow.

(needle of a measuring device) A needlelike component of a timepiece or measuring device that indicates the time or the current reading of the device.

(dog) (hunting) Any of several breeds of hunting dog, trained to point out game; an individual of such a breed.

(programming) A variable that holds the address of a memory location where a value can be stored.

(GUI) (graphical user interface) An icon that indicates the position of the pointing device, such as a mouse.

(in the plural) A tip, a bit of advice. +

Something that gives a point {{gl|sharp end}} to something.

(worth) (in combinations) Something worth a given number of points.