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Pointers

How many bytes are occupied by near, far and huge pointers (DOS)?

near=2 far=4 huge=4

near=4 far=8 huge=8

near=2 far=4 huge=8

near=4 far=4 huge=8

Answer: Option

Explanation:

near=2, far=4 and huge=4 pointers exist only under DOS. Under windows and Linux every pointers is 4 bytes long.

Discussion:

41 comments Page 2 of 5.

Himanshu said: 1 decade ago

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_are_near_far_and_huge_pointers_in_C

Sweety said: 10 years ago

I don't understand in this question? please briefly answer.

Thangakittu said: 1 decade ago

Please explain about near, far, huge with example simply.

Ssekamwa godfrey said: 9 years ago

Still, huge pointer confuses me, explain more, please.

Sundar said: 1 decade ago

DOS - Disk Operating System (16 bit) from Microsoft.

Santosh said: 1 decade ago

How to use these near, far and huge in programming ?

Maahi said: 1 decade ago

How to use these near, far and huge in programming?

Srinivas said: 6 years ago

Why near, far keywords are not present in ANSI C?

(1)

Gafoor said: 7 years ago

What is near, far, huge? please explain breifly.

(3)

Bharath said: 1 decade ago

I didn't get the answer please someone explain?

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