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include guards

include guards is the plural of include guard.

Meaning of include guard

Noun

include guard (plural include guards)

  1. In C and C++, a preprocessor directive used in header files to prevent them from being included multiple times.

Questions about include guards

What is include guards the plural of?
Include guards is the plural of include guard.

Words near include guards in the dictionary

  1. includability
  2. includable
  3. includables
  4. include
  5. include guard
  6. include guards
  7. include me out
  8. included
  9. includedness
  10. includence
  11. includer

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