Part II: Memory Table Exercise

Question 1

Memory Address

Answer 1

A unique identifier for a memory location in a computer.

Question 2

Dereferencing

Answer 2

Accessing the value stored at a pointer’s address using the * operator.

Question 3

Null Pointer

Answer 3

A pointer that does not point to any valid memory location, usually set to nullptr in C++.

Question 4

Pointer Arithmetic

Answer 4

Performing arithmetic operations on pointers to traverse arrays or memory locations.