extern
Pronunciation: /ˈɛkˌstɜː(ɹ)n/
The English word “extern” has 5 meanings listed here.
noun
- A person affiliated with an institution in a lesser capacity, for example, as a non-resident or as a part-time affiliate.
- A day-scholar.
- Outward form or part; exterior.
- 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.
adjective
Etymology
From Middle French externe or its etymon Latin externus.
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