extern /ˈɛkˌstɜː(ɹ)n/noun 4adjective 1forms 1 noun4 •Outward form or part; exterior. •In the C and C++ programming languages, a variable that can be separately declared in many places, all of them referring to the same variable.Finally, get rid of the two function declarations and two externs that we added at the top of TEFIL.CPP so that we could support file_open(). — 1995 •A person affiliated with an institution in a lesser capacity, for example, as a non-resident or as a part-time affiliate. •A day-scholar. adjective1 •(no longer used, rare) External; outward; not inherent formsexterns
