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forward declaration

declaration of an identifier (denoting an entity such as a type, a variable, a constant, or a function) for which the programmer has not yet given a complete definition
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forward declaration

Summary

forward declaration ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (57 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • forward declaration's subclass of is recorded as declaration[2].
  • forward declaration's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08g6dw[3].
  • forward declaration's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/forward-declaration[4].
  • forward declaration's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 88286006[5].

Why It Matters

forward declaration ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (57 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[6]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). forward declaration. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/forward-declaration
MLA “forward declaration.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/forward-declaration.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_forward-declaration_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{forward declaration}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/forward-declaration}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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