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Source: '''Clinical Procedures V. 1.0 User Manual'''
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Source: '''[[Clinical Procedures~|Clinical Procedures]] V. 1.0 User Manual'''
 
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: A special data type of VA FileMan that takes its value from another file. This is a method of joining files together and avoiding duplication of information.
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Source: '''Intake and Output V. 4.0 Technical Manual'''
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: Points to another file where the computer stores information needed for the field of the file in which you are currently working. If you change any of the information in the field in which you are working, the new information is automatically entered into the “pointed to” file.
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Source: '''Laboratory V. 5.2 Anatomic Pathology User Manual'''
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: Points to another file where the computer stores information needed for the field of the file in which you are currently working. If you change any of the information in the field in which you are working, the new information is automatically entered into the "pointed to" file.
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Source: '''Laboratory V. 5.2 Technical Manual'''
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: A special type of FileMan data that takes its value from another file. This is a method of joining files together and avoiding duplication of information.
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Source: '''Nursing V. 4.0 Technical Manual and Package Security Guide'''
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: An address that specifies a storage location where data can be stored or retrieved.
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Source: '''Dietetics User Manual, v 5.0'''
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Latest revision as of 21:59, 5 September 2012

Pointer
A relationship between two VA FileMan files, a pointer is a file entry that references another file (forward or backward).


Source: Spinal Cord Dysfunction V. 2.0 User Manual


This is a Glossary term from the VistA Documentation Library

Pointer
A special data type of VA FileMan that takes its value from another file. This is a method of joining files together and avoiding duplication of information.


Source: Clinical Procedures V. 1.0 User Manual


This is a Glossary term from the VistA Documentation Library

Pointer
A special data type of VA FileMan that takes its value from another file. This is a method of joining files together and avoiding duplication of information.


Source: Immunology Case Registry v.2.1 User Manual


This is a Glossary term from the VistA Documentation Library

Pointer
A relationship between two VA FileMan files, a pointer is a file entry that references another file (forward or backward).


Source: Functional Independence Measurement V. 1.0 User Manual


This is a Glossary term from the VistA Documentation Library

Pointer
A special data type of VA FileMan that takes its value from another file. This is a method of joining files together and avoiding duplication of information.


Source: Intake and Output V. 4.0 Technical Manual


This is a Glossary term from the VistA Documentation Library

Pointer
Points to another file where the computer stores information needed for the field of the file in which you are currently working. If you change any of the information in the field in which you are working, the new information is automatically entered into the “pointed to” file.


Source: Laboratory V. 5.2 Anatomic Pathology User Manual


This is a Glossary term from the VistA Documentation Library

Pointer
Points to another file where the computer stores information needed for the field of the file in which you are currently working. If you change any of the information in the field in which you are working, the new information is automatically entered into the "pointed to" file.


Source: Laboratory V. 5.2 Technical Manual


This is a Glossary term from the VistA Documentation Library

Pointer
A special type of FileMan data that takes its value from another file. This is a method of joining files together and avoiding duplication of information.


Source: Nursing V. 4.0 Technical Manual and Package Security Guide


This is a Glossary term from the VistA Documentation Library

Pointer
An address that specifies a storage location where data can be stored or retrieved.


Source: Dietetics User Manual, v 5.0


This is a Glossary term from the VistA Documentation Library