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        !             3: manifest constant           Definition          manifest constant
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        !             8: A manifest constant is a numeric constant that is given a name so
        !             9: it can be  defined differently under different computing environ-
        !            10: ments.   An example  is EOF,  the  end-of-file marker,  which has
        !            11: wildly different  representations under different  operating sys-
        !            12: tems.  Note, too, that numerals are manifest constants by defini-
        !            13: tion.
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        !            15: The use  of manifest constants  in programs helps  to ensure that
        !            16: code is portable by isolating the definition of these elements in
        !            17: a single header file, where they need to be changed only once.
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        !            19: ***** See Also *****
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        !            21: #define, definitions, NULL, portability
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