What is the data type of pointer variables?

Question

I referenced the following link:

Link1 Link 2

In the above link1, the answer said that " Pointers are of pointer type".

I just need to know if the pointer is a data type or not.

No one answered this question in one word. Is it a data type or not?

This is the second link to which I refer, says that

Pointers are just a variable that contains an address, so it can be argued that a pointer is a data type, but it is not defined as a data type (in “C programming language.” Kernigan and Richie).

Answer 1

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