A pointer is?

Answer- C. A variable that stores the address of other variables.

The correct answer is option C, a pointer is a variable that stores the address of other variables.

Solution

A pointer in a programming language is a special type of variable that is used to store the address of other variables. It can be specified using any of the types like int, char, float, array, function, or any other pointer type. However, the size of a pointer is architecture-dependent and therefore varies from system to system. Usually, in a 32-bit architecture, the size of the pointer is 2 bytes or 16 bits.

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