Usually means: Passing variables' addresses to functions.
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  1. call-by-reference, call by reference: Wiktionary
  2. call-by-reference: Dictionary.com
  3. Call-by-reference, Call by reference: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. call-by-reference: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. call-by-reference, call by reference: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Call by reference)

noun:  (programming) Alternative form of call-by-reference [(programming) An evaluation strategy in which the arguments to a function are evaluated first, and a pointer to the result is passed to the function.]

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