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The Reference Variable
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A reference variable holds a memory address rather than a value — sized to the machine's word — because a composite value that grows may outgrow its original location.
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A contact card storing a street address, not the house, survives the household's remodeling.
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The C-language mechanism behind the idea was video 0194's pointer.
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