header file

noun — 2 senses

header file

noun
1

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Programming, Sciences A file, usually in the form of source code, that is automatically included in another source file by the compiler.

2

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Programming, Sciences A file that contains declarations but no implementations.

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