A pointer is a computer science term for a variable that, instead of holding a bit of information, holds an address to where that information can be found in a computer's memory. You can imagine the variable as a signpost that \points\ to where the information can be found.
Grippe is an old fashioned word for the flu â the virus that can give you a fever, sore throat, and a headache. If you fear you're coming down with the grippe, you might spend the day in bed drinking tea. When someone feels achy, shivery, and tired, they probably fear having the grippe, which is highly contagious and sickens many people each year, mostly in the winter months. Today it's more commonly called the flu, short for influenza.
More people died of influenza in a single year than in four-years of the Black Death Bubonic Plague from 1347 to 1351. Known as Spanish Flu or La Grippe the influenza of 1918-1919 was a global disaster. The Grim Reaper by Louis Raemaekers.