I'm reading nginx source code, and I found <code>elts</code> is in many data structure declaration, such as: <pre class="prettyprint"><code>struct ngx_array_s { void *elts; ngx_uint_t nelts; /* some members are omited */ } </code></pre> From the code, I know <code>elts</code> is the address of the array that is used to store elements. But I wonder what <code>elts</code> stands for. After googling a bit. and feel like maybe it stands for element start (reference). Is it right, or what is the exact words it stands for?

"elements". Your googling was accurate.

what does "elts" stands for in nginx source code

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I'm reading nginx source code, and I found elts is in many data structure declaration, such as:

struct ngx_array_s {
void *elts;
ngx_uint_t nelts;
/* some members are omited */
}

From the code, I know elts is the address of the array that is used to store elements. But I wonder what elts stands for. After googling a bit. and feel like maybe it stands for element start (reference). Is it right, or what is the exact words it stands for?