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Mwhat Is The Definition Of Volatile Pointer And Where It Is Used That Is The Application Of Volatile Pointer
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Hi This Is Nandha Kumar

Mwhat Is The Definition Of Volatile Pointer And Where It Is Used That Is The Application Of Volatile Pointer
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When a pointer is declared as volatile, the compiler reloads the value from memory each time it is accessed by the program. The volatile keyword is useful for declaring objects in shared memory that can be accessed by multiple processes.

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Hi This Is Nandha Kumar

Mwhat Is The Definition Of Volatile Pointer And Where It Is Used That Is The Application Of Volatile Pointer
These are also used in IO programming.
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