Extern

Quick meaning: Extern is a noun meaning A person affiliated with an institution in a lesser capacity, for example, as a non-resident or as a part-time affiliate.

Meaning

A person affiliated with an institution in a lesser capacity, for example, as a non-resident or as a part-time affiliate.

More Meanings

1. Outward form or part; exterior.
2. (programming) 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.
3. (obsolete, rare) External; outward; not inherent

Example Sentences

Finally, get rid of the two function declarations and two externs that we added at the top of TEFIL.CPP so that we could support file_open().

This is probably the big thing with C++, the more you can avoid global concepts and nasty externs the better, an object/class should be totally self-contained.

For if the ſoul of man vvere emancipated by virtue, it vvould not need any regulation or monition, beſides that of its invvard Tribunal; vvhich becauſe ſin does uſurp upon, has ſome relief from thoſe extern adjuments.

Heaven is my judge, not I for love and duty, / But seeming so, for my particular end, / For when my outward action doth demonstrate / The native act and figure of my heart / In complement extern, 'tis not long after / But I will wear my heart upon my sleeve / For daws to peck at.

Word Forms

• externs

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include specifier, struct, char, honouring, adjunct, associate.

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