Pointer (disambiguation)

Pointer stands for:

• elongated, thin rods that indicate the hours and minutes on mechanical clocks, see clock hands
• a moving part on a pointer measuring device
• Pointer (computer science) , in programming a variable that refers to another variable
• a mathematical form for the representation of periodic processes, see pointer model
• Pointer (mountain) , in the Allgäu Alps
• Pointer plant , as a short form

Pointer is the family name of the following people:

• Christian Zeiger (* 1992), German voice actor
• Herbert Zeiger (1925–2011), American physicist
• Ivo Zeiger (1898–1952), German Roman Catholic theologian and Jesuit
• Joanna Zeiger (* 1970), American triathlete
• Karl Zeiger (1895–1959), German physician
• Philipp Zeiger (* 1990), German soccer player

See also:

• Input pointer
• Dial indicator
• Fire pointer
• Denial

Wiktionary: Pointer  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

This is a disambiguation page for differentiating between several terms identified with the same word.