declaration vs. defintion

From: Mark P (not_at_my.real.email)
Date: 10/31/04

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Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 09:49:25 -0800

Is there any simple but complete explanation on the difference between a
declaration and a definition. I feel I know the general idea having
seen a lot of examples in several books (Stroustrup, for example), but a
unifying picture would be helpful to me.

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