call by reference
noun
call by reference is spelled C-A-L-L-B-Y-R-E-F-E-R-E-N-C-E: 15 letters. As a noun, call by reference means “Alternative form of call-by-reference” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in call by reference?
| Letters | 15: C-A-L-L-B-Y-R-E-F-E-R-E-N-C-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | a phrase: the frequency list counts single words |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of call by reference
- call-by-reference
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does call by reference mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Alternative form of call-by-reference.
noun
- 1
An evaluation strategy in which the arguments to a function are evaluated first, and a pointer to the result is passed to the function.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Call by reference in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Referenzparameter |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.