call by reference

call by reference

[′kȯl bī ′ref·rəns]

(computer science)

call by location

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

call by reference

In programming, a call to a subroutine (function) that passes addresses of the parameters used in the subroutine. See call by value and call by name.

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