Callbyreference

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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  call-by-reference
       
          An argument passing convention where the address of an
          argument variable is passed to a function or procedure, as
          opposed to where the value of the argument expression is
          passed.  Execution of the function or procedure may have


          {side-effect}s on the actual argument as seen by the caller.
          The C language's "&" (address of) and "*" (dereference)
          operators allow the programmer to code explicit
          call-by-reference.  Other languages provide special syntax to
          declare reference arguments (e.g. {ALGOL 60}).  See also
          {call-by-name}, {call-by-value}, {call-by-value-result}.