What does "typedef BYTE huge *objptr" mean?

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From: Henry Fleming
Date: Sat, 08 May 2004 23:56

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I see these lines in a program:

typedef unsigned char BYTE;
typedef BYTE huge *objptr;

The program compiles with a 16 bit compiler, but in a 32 bit compiler
the second line doesn't work.  Can someone tell me what the "huge"
keyword means?  Thanks.

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