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Declaration of an identifier in computer programming

In computer programming, a forward declaration is a declaration of an identifier for which the programmer has not yet given a complete definition. Wikipedia →

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Noun The declaration of an identifier before it is given a complete definition, so that the compiler can know its data type and memory size.

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