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1 # Smart Pointers 2 3 In Rust, smart pointers are variables that contain an address in memory and reference some other data, but they also have additional metadata and capabilities. 4 Smart pointers in Rust often own the data they point to, while references only borrow data. 5 6 ## Further Information 7 8 - [Smart Pointers](https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/ch15-00-smart-pointers.html) 9 - [Using Box to Point to Data on the Heap](https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/ch15-01-box.html) 10 - [Rc\<T\>, the Reference Counted Smart Pointer](https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/ch15-04-rc.html) 11 - [Shared-State Concurrency](https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/ch16-03-shared-state.html) 12 - [Cow Documentation](https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/borrow/enum.Cow.html)