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Abstract computational machine model
computer science, a pointer machine is an atomistic abstract computational machine whose storage structure is a graph. A pointer algorithm could also
Pointer_machine
Type of abstract computing machine
machines, pointer machines, random-access machines (RAM), and random-access stored-program machine (RASP), each varying in complexity. These machines
Register_machine
computer science, a pointer algorithm (sometimes called a pointer machine, or a reference machine; see the article Pointer machine for a close but non-identical
Pointer_algorithm
Abstract model of computation
together with the pointer machine, "sequential machine" models, to distinguish them from "parallel random-access machine" models. An RA-machine consists of
Random-access_machine
Hypothetical computing devices
is Schönhage's Storage Modification Machine or pointer machine. Another version is the Kolmogorov-Uspensky machine, and the Knuth "linking automaton" proposal
Turing_machine_equivalents
American singer (1953–2006)
June Antoinette Pointer (November 30, 1953 – April 11, 2006) was an American singer, best known as the youngest of the founding members of the vocal group
June_Pointer
Object which stores memory addresses in a computer program
I do consider assignment statements and pointer variables to be among computer science's "most valuable treasures." — Donald Knuth, Structured Programming
Pointer (computer programming)
Pointer_(computer_programming)
Value indicating that a referenced dataset is invalid or doesn't exist
In computing, a null pointer (sometimes shortened to nullptr or null) or null reference is a value indicating that the pointer or reference does not refer
Null_pointer
American family R&B vocal group
The Pointer Sisters are an American female vocal group from Oakland, California, who achieved mainstream success during the 1970s and 1980s, selling around
The_Pointer_Sisters
Abstract machine used in a formal logic and theoretical computer science
Schönhage as a base for his RAM0 and RAM1 models that lead to his pointer machine SMM model, also discussed briefly by Van Emde Boas: { CLR ( r ), INC
Counter_machine
Data type simulating a pointer with additional features
In computer science, a smart pointer is an abstract data type that simulates a pointer while providing added features, such as automatic memory management
Smart_pointer
1983 studio album by the Pointer Sisters
female vocal group the Pointer Sisters, released on November 1, 1983, on Planet Records, distributed by RCA Records. It is the Pointer Sisters' most successful
Break Out (Pointer Sisters album)
Break_Out_(Pointer_Sisters_album)
Computer security exploit technique
top of the stack, and sets the instruction pointer to that value, and secondly, it increases the stack pointer value by four (equivalent to a pop operation)
Return-oriented_programming
Pointer that points to a function
A function pointer, also called a subroutine pointer or procedure pointer, is a pointer referencing executable code, rather than data. Dereferencing the
Function_pointer
Handheld device that emits a laser beam
A laser pointer or laser pen is a (typically battery-powered) handheld device that uses a laser diode to emit a narrow low-power visible laser beam (i
Laser_pointer
Indicator showing where text would be input
display device that will respond to input, such as a text cursor or a mouse pointer. Cursor is Latin for 'runner'. A cursor is a name given to the transparent
Cursor_(user_interface)
Data structure used in computer programs
in-memory stack.) Function Calling and Frame Pointer Operations in 68000 Archived 2010-07-24 at the Wayback Machine The libunwind project - a platform-independent
Call_stack
Type qualifier denoting the data as being read-only
Consider pointers to pointers: int** pp; // a pointer to a pointer to ints const int** cpp; // a pointer to a pointer to constant int value (not a pointer to
Const_(computer_programming)
Esoteric, minimalist programming language
language consists of only eight simple commands, a data pointer, and an instruction pointer. Brainfuck is an example of a so-called Turing tarpit: it
Brainfuck
Dog breed
[ˈviʒlɒ]), also known as Hungarian Vizsla, Magyar Vizsla or Hungarian Pointer, is a dog breed from Hungary and belongs to the Fédération Cynologique
Vizsla
Topics referred to by the same term
method, to solve Maxwell's equations Storage modification machine, a type of pointer machine in computing System Management Mode, of a x86 CPU Church of
SMM
Ancient Greek analogue astronomical computer
which mounts the pointer. The modelled rotational period of the Saros pointer is 1,646.3 days (in four rotations along the spiral pointer track); the modern
Antikythera_mechanism
American baseball player (born 1942)
Aaron Elton Pointer (born April 19, 1942) is an American former professional baseball player. He played in the major leagues for the Houston Colt .45s/Astros
Aaron_Pointer
1984 song by the Pointer Sisters
"Automatic" is a song recorded by American vocal group the Pointer Sisters for their tenth studio album Break Out (1983). The song was released by the
Automatic (Pointer Sisters song)
Automatic_(Pointer_Sisters_song)
1986 studio album by Pointer Sisters
Hot Together is the twelfth studio album by the Pointer Sisters released in October 1986 by RCA Records. The eighth of the group's nine collaborations
Hot_Together
Together with the register machine, the RAM, and the pointer machine the RASP makes up the four common sequential machine models, called this to distinguish
Random-access stored-program machine
Random-access_stored-program_machine
Computation model defining an abstract machine
memory. This is because the size of memory reference data types, called pointers, is accessible inside the language. However, other programming languages
Turing_machine
1985 studio album by the Pointer Sisters
Contact is the eleventh studio album by the American vocal group the Pointer Sisters, released in 1985 by RCA Records. Continuing the glossy electronic
Contact (Pointer Sisters album)
Contact_(Pointer_Sisters_album)
Way of storing data in a computer
linked structures, such as the pointer machine, many problems require more steps than in the unconstrained random-access machine model. List of data structures
Linked_data_structure
Class of computer memory address reference
In computer science, a tagged pointer is a pointer (concretely a memory address) with additional data associated with it, such as an indirection bit or
Tagged_pointer
American lawyer
Vena Pointer (1880 – 1971), was Colorado's first female lawyer of water law. She was born in Kansas and moved to Colorado in 1911 after she took a job
Vena_Pointer
Computational task of sorting whole numbers
table lookups. In contrast, in the pointer machine model, read and write operations use addresses stored in pointers, and it is not allowed to perform
Integer_sorting
Topics referred to by the same term
AFLM may refer to: AFLM, a type of Pointer machine in theoretical computer science AflM, involved in the production of Aflatoxin B1 Australian Football
AFLM
Abstract data type
stack may be implemented as, for example, a singly linked list with a pointer to the top element. A stack may be implemented to have a bounded capacity
Stack_(abstract_data_type)
called the Storage Machine Modification model (SMM), his variety of pointer machine. His development described a RAM (random-access machine) model with a remarkable
Counter-machine_model
Thesis on the nature of computability
include combinatory logic and Markov algorithms. Gurevich adds the pointer machine model of Kolmogorov and Uspensky (1953, 1958): "... they just wanted
Church–Turing_thesis
Quickly accessible working storage available as part of a digital processor
and frame pointers are used to manage the call stack. Rarely, other data stacks are addressed by dedicated address registers (see stack machine). General-purpose
Processor_register
Means by which a user interacts with and controls a machine
1968 – Douglas Engelbart demonstrated NLS, a system which uses a mouse, pointers, hypertext, and multiple windows. 1970 – Researchers at Xerox Palo Alto
User_interface
Uspensky's work on algorithms" and (De Pisapia 2000), in particular, the KU-pointer machine-model), and artificial neural networks and asserts: "The separation
History of the Church–Turing thesis
History_of_the_Church–Turing_thesis
Dog breed
The Slovak Rough-Haired Pointer (SRHP) is a gundog breed developed after World War II in Slovakia. It is known by many confusingly similar names in English
Slovak_Rough-haired_Pointer
Attempts to formalize the concept of algorithms
of Turing machines and pointer machines, specifically Kolmogorov-Uspensky machines (KU machines), Schönhage Storage Modification Machines (SMM), and
Algorithm_characterizations
Computer fault caused by access to restricted memory
uninitialized pointer (wild pointer, which points to a random memory address) Dereferencing or assigning to a freed pointer (dangling pointer, which points to memory
Segmentation_fault
Dog type
Cynologique Internationale (FCI): the Griffon Vendéens, the wirehaired pointers, and the smousje (Belgian companion dogs or Dutch Smoushond). The griffon
Griffon_(dog_type)
Program whose source code consists entirely of calls to functions
(instruction pointer) of the virtual machine (not to be confused with the program counter of the underlying hardware implementing the VM) w (work pointer) rp or
Threaded_code
Algorithmic runtime requirements for common math procedures
stronger computational models, specifically a pointer machine and consequently also a unit-cost random-access machine it is possible to multiply two n-bit numbers
Computational complexity of mathematical operations
Computational_complexity_of_mathematical_operations
1984 single by the Pointer Sisters
written by Allee Willis and Danny Sembello which was introduced by the Pointer Sisters on their 1983 album Break Out. The song became a Top Ten hit in
Neutron_Dance
Keyword in C (programming language)
qualifier that can be applied to a pointer to hint to the compiler that for the lifetime of that pointer, no other pointer will be used to access the same
Restrict
Mechanical linkage used for copying drawings
of the pantograph contained a small pointer, while the other held a drawing implement, and by moving the pointer over a diagram, a copy of the diagram
Pantograph
American basketball player (born 1988)
Player of the Year twice. He set the NCAA single-season record for three-pointers made (162) as a sophomore and led the NCAA Division I in scoring during
Stephen_Curry
Design technique for parallel algorithms
Pointer jumping or path doubling is a design technique for parallel algorithms that operate on pointer structures, such as linked lists and directed graphs
Pointer_jumping
General-purpose programming language
together using pointers. Pointers to other pointers are often used in multi-dimensional arrays and arrays of struct objects. Pointers to functions (function
C_(programming_language)
Computer architecture with addressable bytes
bytes. Neither of these machines originally had direct machine support for random access to bytes; adjusting a byte pointer to point N bytes before or
Byte_addressing
Theoretical computer model
creates a whole family of related machines. For example, the CESK machine has the environment map variables to a pointer on the store, which is effectively
CEK_Machine
American basketball player (born 1975)
Curry in 2021. As of 2025, he ranks third on the NBA's all-time three-pointers list. In 2021, he was selected to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team. Allen
Ray_Allen
Bruise on the pelvis from blunt trauma
A hip pointer is a contusion on the pelvis caused by a direct blow or a bad fall at an iliac crest and/or hip bone and a bruise of the abdominal muscles
Hip_pointer
Register that stores where in a program a processor is executing
being executed by a processor. It is also commonly called the instruction pointer (IP) in Intel x86 and Itanium microprocessors, and sometimes called the
Program_counter
Computer science data structure
{\displaystyle O(\log n)} time. This implementation is optimal for the pointer machine model. A fully persistent array may be implemented using an array and
Persistent_array
Of a function, an additional effect besides returning a value
of a function higher up in the function call sequence (usually via a pointer). Turner, David A., ed. (1990). Research Topics in Functional Programming
Side effect (computer science)
Side_effect_(computer_science)
Anomaly in computer security and programming
function pointer or exception handler to point to the shellcode, which is subsequently executed; By overwriting a local variable (or pointer) of a different
Buffer_overflow
Speeding up Turing machines by increasing tape symbol complexity
the memory structure: a Turing machine has linear vicinity, while a Kolmogorov-Uspenskii machine and other pointer machines have an exponential one. Regan’s
Linear_speedup_theorem
Dog breed
(Hungarian: Drótszőrű magyar vizsla) or Hungarian Wirehaired Pointer is a Hungarian breed of pointer dog. It is a versatile hunting dog that was traditionally
Wirehaired_Vizsla
Dog breed
medium-large breed of dog, a versatile hunter used for hunting as a gun dog and pointer as well as for hunting other small game. Braque is a term meaning pointing
Braque_Saint-Germain
1988 studio album by Pointer Sisters
the thirteenth studio album by the Pointer Sisters, released in 1988 by RCA Records. Serious Slammin is the Pointer Sisters' 14th album in 15 years; it
Serious_Slammin'
Programming language
implemented using pointer to data and a second pointer to run-time type information. Like some other types implemented using pointers in Go, interface
Go_(programming_language)
Mechanism for supporting dynamic dispatch
the class that points to an array of pointers to (virtual) functions called the virtual method table. These pointers are used at runtime to invoke the appropriate
Virtual_method_table
Dog breed
for its calm disposition, the Stabij is a soft-mouthed retriever, a fine pointer, excellent tracker, and a good alert dog. It has also been used by dairy
Stabyhoun
Device for AC electrical power systems
synchronism. The moving pointer is illuminated by a pilot lamp connected to a three-winding transformer fed by both sources. The pointer is only illuminated
Synchroscope
Dog breed
The French Pointer In North America, by Chad Mason, Gun Dog Magazine, August, 2004 online Archived May 7, 2008, at the Wayback Machine "Braque Français
Braque_Français
Small unmanned aerial vehicle
The AeroVironment FQM-151 Pointer is a small UAV used by the United States Army and Marine Corps for battlefield surveillance. It was designed by AeroVironment
AeroVironment_FQM-151_Pointer
Basketball field goal made from beyond the designated three-point line (arc)
A three-point field goal (also 3-pointer, three, trey, or triple) is a field goal in a basketball game made from beyond the three-point line, a designated
Three-point_field_goal
Abstract machine used as a target for compilers
instruction in the list—it is similar to an instruction pointer (or program counter) in conventional machines, except that subsequent instructions are always
SECD_machine
Programming virtual machine
instructions. Three of the machine's registers point into the stack (which grows upwards): SP points to the top of the stack (the stack pointer). MP marks the beginning
P-code_machine
Type of computer
the object pointer for each pointer+offset calculation. A common fix for this is to add some register-machine features to the stack machine: a visible
Stack_machine
1984 single by the Pointer Sisters
(originally titled "Jump") is an electropop song by American girl group the Pointer Sisters, released on April 11, 1984, as the third single from their tenth
Jump_(For_My_Love)
capability machines". The microcode was entirely responsible for storage allocation, deallocation and garbage collection. By tagging pointers, the microcode
Flex_machine
English rugby union player
Grant Harry Pointer (born 11 December 1987 in Norwich, England) is an English rugby union player who plays at Centre or Wing for the Cornish Pirates in
Grant_Pointer
Component of a computer's processor
stack pointer, is a computer central processor register whose purpose is to keep track of a call stack. On an accumulator-based architecture machine, this
Stack_register
Virtual machine that runs Java programs
objects are stored as references, and deletion would result in dangling pointers. Foo a = new Foo(); Foo b = a; delete a; System.out.println(b); The JVM
Java_virtual_machine
American football player (born 1988)
Quinton Jamall Pointer (born April 16, 1988) is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback for the St. Louis Rams in the National
Quinton_Pointer
O(\log ^{d-1}n+k)} . While the above results were achieved in the pointer machine model, further improvements have been made in the word RAM model of
Range_searching
Atomic computer processor instruction
the following pseudocode, where * denotes access through a pointer: function cas(p: pointer to int, old: int, new: int) is if *p ≠ old return false *p
Compare-and-swap
Computer bug exploit caused by invalid data
Attack. Code Pointer Masking (CPM): after loading a (potentially changed) code pointer into a register, the user can apply a bitmask to the pointer. This effectively
Code_injection
Compiler backend for multiple programming languages
types such as integer or floating-point numbers and five derived types: pointers, arrays, vectors, structures, and functions. A type construct in a concrete
LLVM
Order of accesses to computer memory by a CPU
viewed as efficient in most instances, and pointer writes have potential side-effects on visible machine state. Since the compiler is not allowed this
Memory_ordering
Software anomaly
overwrite the return pointer. However, any overflow that occurs in a buffer from a previous stack frame will still overwrite a return pointer and allow for malicious
Stack_buffer_overflow
American basketball player (born 1981)
three-pointers is an MVC record and tied for sixth most in NCAA history. Korver also holds Creighton single-season records for three-pointers made (129)
Kyle_Korver
Series of fantastical animated pinball sequences airing in 1977 on Sesame Street
pinball machine. These segments are notable for the colorful, imaginative animation as well as the funky soundtrack with vocals by the Pointer Sisters
Pinball_Number_Count
Method for computer memory management
block in the thread-local variable. On RISC machines, the calling convention often reserves a thread pointer register for this use. While the use of global
Thread-local_storage
State of being protected from memory access bugs
overflows and dangling pointers. For example, Java is memory-safe because its runtime error detection checks array bounds and pointer dereferences. By contrast
Memory_safety
Esoteric programming language
The language uses a 64K block of memory, and 2 pointers - a memory pointer and an instruction pointer. The l33t interpreter tokenizes all the words in
Leet_(programming_language)
Species of shark
Māori: [ˈmakɔ]; Isurus oxyrinchus), also known as the shortfin mako, blue pointer, or bonito shark, is a species of large mackerel shark. It is commonly
Shortfin_mako_shark
Dog breed
in the historic Auvergne province in the mid-south of France. It is a pointer and versatile gundog. The breed descends from ancient regional types of
Braque_d'Auvergne
American punk rock musician (1965–2026)
She once told Koller "Sing how you sing. I could give you a couple of pointers, but you do what you do very well." He has claimed the way he sang is "more
Lou_Koller
Software anomaly
pointers. The canonical heap overflow technique overwrites dynamic memory allocation linkage (such as malloc metadata) and uses the resulting pointer
Heap_overflow
Analysis of computer programs without executing them
abstract machine (i.e., it 'executes' the software based on the mathematical properties of each statement and declaration). This abstract machine over-approximates
Static_program_analysis
Israeli light machine gun
"Mepro MOR PRO Sight With 2 Laser Pointers". Meprolight. Retrieved 5 March 2024. "IWI NEGEV NG7 | NEGEV MACHINE GUN". iwi.net. Archived from the original
IWI_Negev
Dialect of the ALGOL-60 for systems programming
RECORD!POINTER. Pointers were typed, and could be typed to more than one type, for instance, RECORD POINTER (person,university) rp; defines rp, a pointer to
SAIL_(programming_language)
Family of backward-compatible assembly languages
instructions. SP (Stack pointer): Points to the top of stack in memory. It is automatically updated during PUSH and POP operations. BP (Base Pointer): Points to the
X86_assembly_language
Form of automatic memory management
errors: Dangling pointers, which occur when a piece of memory is freed while there are still pointers to it, and one of those pointers is dereferenced
Garbage collection (computer science)
Garbage_collection_(computer_science)
Runtime system for operating systems
e. for/while loops without exit conditions) and programs dereferencing pointers without safety checks. Loaded programs which passed the verifier are either
EBPF
POINTER MACHINE
POINTER MACHINE
Surname or Lastname
English
English : of uncertain origin. It is probably an occupational name for an official in charge of a granary, Anglo-Norman French grenetier, but it could also be a variant of Grinder.The name Grinter is fairly common in Dorset, England, from the 16th to the 18th centuries. It is recorded as Grenter in 1570 in that county.
Boy/Male
Anglo, Australian, British, English, Jamaican
Year; Winter
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Painter.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English, Old French peinto(u)r, oblique case of peintre ‘painter’, hence an occupational name for a painter (normally of colored glass). In the Middle Ages the walls of both great and minor churches were covered with painted decorations, and Reaney and Wilson note that in 1308 Hugh le Peyntour and Peter the Pavier were employed ‘making and painting the pavement’ at St. Stephen’s Chapel, Westminster. The name is widespread in central and southern England.German : topographic name for someone living in a fenced enclosure (see Bainter).
Girl/Female
American, Anglo, Australian, British, Christian, English, Jamaican
Season Name; Born in Winter; Winter; Snowy
Surname or Lastname
English (Midlands)
English (Midlands) : habitational name from Pointon in Lincolnshire, Poynton in Cheshire, or Poynton Green in Shropshire. The first is named from Old English Pohhingtūn ‘settlement (Old English tūn) associated with Pohha’, a byname apparently meaning ‘bag’; the others have as the first element the Old English personal names Pofa and Pēofa respectively.
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : occupational name from Old French teinturier ‘dyer’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Forster 3.
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : from the medieval personal name Ponc(h)e, Pons (see Ponce).English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from Ponts in La Manche and Seine-Maritime, Normandy, from Latin pontes ‘bridges’ (see Pont).English (of Norman origin) : nickname for a fop or dandy, from points ‘laces for hose’ (see Pointer 1).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by a pit or hollow (see Pitt) + -er, suffix denoting an inhabitant.German : variant of Peter.Jewish (from Ukraine) : metonymic occupational nanme from Yiddish dialect piter ‘butter’. Compare Putterman.
Surname or Lastname
English (Norfolk)
English (Norfolk) : occupational name from Middle English pointer ‘point maker’, an agent derivative of point, a term denoting a lace or cord used to fasten together doublet and hose (Old French pointe ‘point’, ‘sharp end’). Reaney suggests that in some cases Pointer may have been an occupational name for a tiler or slater whose job was to point the tiles, i.e. render them with mortar where they overlapped.Possibly an altered form of German Pointner, a variant of Bainter.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Pointer.
Surname or Lastname
Portuguese, Galician, Italian, and Jewish (Sephardic)
Portuguese, Galician, Italian, and Jewish (Sephardic) : habitational name from any of the many places in Portugal, Galicia, and Italy named or named with Ponte, from ponte ‘bridge’.English : variant spelling of Pont.
Surname or Lastname
English (Devon)
English (Devon) : occupational name for a treasurer or accountant, from Middle English counter (from Old French conteor).
Surname or Lastname
English, German, Danish, and Swedish
English, German, Danish, and Swedish : nickname or byname for someone of a frosty or gloomy temperament, from Middle English, Middle High German, Danish, Swedish winter (Old English winter, Old High German wintar, Old Norse vetr). The Swedish name can be ornamental.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : from German Winter ‘winter’, either an ornamental name or one of the group of names denoting the seasons, which were distributed at random by government officials. Compare Summer, Fruhling, and Herbst.Irish : Anglicized form ( part translation) of Gaelic Mac Giolla-Gheimhridh ‘son of the lad of winter’, from geimhreadh ‘winter’. This name is also Anglicized McAlivery.Mistranslation of French Livernois, which is in fact a habitational name, but mistakenly construed as l’hiver ‘winter’.
Boy/Male
Sikh
One in proximity of the heavenly God
Surname or Lastname
German
German : habitational name for someone who lived at a house distinguished by the sign of a panther, Middle High German panter (see Panther 1).North German : occupational name for a mortager or pawn broker, from a contracted form of Pfandherr.English (mainly Northamptonshire) and Scottish : occupational name for a servant in charge of the supply of bread and other provisions in a monastery or large household, Middle English pan(e)ter (Old French panetier).
Male
English
English occupational surname transferred to forename use, PORTER means "doorkeeper."
Surname or Lastname
English (Nottingham)
English (Nottingham) : variant of Pound, with the addition of the habitational or agent suffix -er.Probably a translation of South German Pfunder, Pfünder, occupational names for a weigh master or wholesaler, variants of Pfund with the addition of the agent suffix -er.
Female
English
English name derived from the season name, "winter." The word may derive from Proto-Indo-European *wind-, WINTER means "white."
POINTER MACHINE
POINTER MACHINE
Boy/Male
English German American
Spear-fortified town.
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Plant of Healing
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Sanskrit, Telugu
One who Takes Joy in Being Merciful
Female
Gaelic
Old Gaelic name, probably derived from the word doireann (also spelled doirionn), DOIREANN means "sullen."Â
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Modern
Reason for Happiness
Girl/Female
Scottish
From the oak tree ford.
Girl/Female
Bengali, Indian
Bright and Smart
Boy/Male
Tamil
Fearful
Biblical
rebellion (but probably an unknown Assyrian word)
Boy/Male
British, English
Welshman
POINTER MACHINE
POINTER MACHINE
POINTER MACHINE
POINTER MACHINE
POINTER MACHINE
a.
Contrary; opposite; contrasted; opposed; adverse; antagonistic; as, a counter current; a counter revolution; a counter poison; a counter agent; counter fugue.
imp. & p. p.
of Point
n.
See Poyntel.
n.
The two stars (Merak and Dubhe) in the Great Bear, the line between which points nearly in the direction of the north star.
v. t.
To inter again.
n.
The longest plane used by a joiner.
n.
One who, or that which, points.
a.
Sharpened to a point; pointed.
n.
One of a breed of dogs trained to stop at scent of game, and with the nose point it out to sportsmen.
a.
Sharp; having a sharp point; as, a pointed rock.
a.
Having joints; articulated; full of nodes; knotty; as, a jointed doll; jointed structure.
n.
See Poind, Poinder.
n.
One who, or that which, plants or sows; as, a planterof corn; a machine planter.
a.
Pointed; ending in a point or points.
a.
Marked with bright colors; as, the painted turtle; painted bunting.
n.
See Pointal.
n.
One who owns or cultivates a plantation; as, a sugar planter; a coffee planter.
a.
Pointed as needles.
n.
A pioneer.
n.
The keeper of a cattle pound; a pinder.