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

explicit type conversion
     
         or "cast" in c and elsewhere.  a programming
        construct syntax to specify that an expression's value
        should be converted to a different type.
     
        for example, in c, to convert an integer usually 32 bits
        to a char usually 8 bits we might write:
     
        	int i = 42;
        	char p = buf;
        	p = char i;
     
        the expression "char" called a "cast" converts i's value
        to char type.  casts including this one are often not
        strictly necessary, due to automatic coercions performed by
        the compiler, but can be used to make the conversion obvious
        and to avoid warning messages.
     
        1999-09-19
     
     
see also:
c syntax integer char coercions 

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