Explain 'far' and 'near' pointers in c.



Explain 'far' and 'near' pointers in c...

Answer / Jagdish Singh

Far pointer: It is used for accessing data outside the current segment (a memory section) in memory-segmented environments like MS-DOS. Near pointer: It is used for accessing data within the same segment.

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