forward declaration
English
Noun
forward declaration (countable and uncountable, plural forward declarations)Category:English lemmas#FORWARDDECLARATIONCategory:English nouns#FORWARDDECLARATIONCategory:English uncountable nouns#FORWARDDECLARATIONCategory:English countable nouns#FORWARDDECLARATIONCategory:English countable nouns#FORWARDDECLARATIONCategory:English multiword terms#FORWARDDECLARATIONCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#FORWARDDECLARATIONCategory:Pages with entries#FORWARD%20DECLARATIONCategory:Pages with 1 entry#FORWARD%20DECLARATION
- (programmingCategory:en:Programming#FORWARDDECLARATION) The declaration of an identifier before it is given a complete definition, so that the compiler can know its data type and memory size.