(computing) The technique of storing the number of handles, pointers, or references to a resource such as a block of memory, disk space, or an object, so that the system can determine when the resource is no longer in use.

reference letter

plural of credit reference

plural of frame of reference

plural of referred pain

plural of reference angle

plural of reference implementation

An acute angle with the same values of trigonometric functions, up to sign, as another angle: used for easy reference when examining the non-acute angle.

(medicine) pain perceived at a location other than the site of the painful stimulus

(programming) A data type that represents a reference to a value, as opposed to the value itself.