# `Nx.Pointer`
[🔗](https://github.com/elixir-nx/nx/blob/v0.12.0/nx/lib/nx/pointer.ex#L1)

Represents a reference to a value in memory.

Can represent either a pointer or an IPC handle.

# `t`

```elixir
@type t() :: %Nx.Pointer{
  address: nil | non_neg_integer(),
  data_size: pos_integer(),
  handle: nil | binary(),
  kind: :local | :ipc
}
```

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