plural of strong reference

(computing) a weak reference that is garbage-collected less aggressively.

plural of phantom reference

plural of weak reference

(computing) a series of references, where the last object references the first.

plural of soft reference

plural of circular reference

plural of forward reference

(computing) the actual use of an entity before any declaration. / (computing) Synonym of forward declaration

(computing) a reference that does protect the referenced object from collection by a garbage collector