title: FILE and *fp translation
body: <p>I am working on a project using python but I was given example code in C and I just want to know what is the meaning of <strong>FILE</strong> and the * in *fp.
  the actual example line of code that was given to me was: </p>
  
  <pre><code>    int read_data(FILE *fp, int *id, double *prob_unm, double prob_mut)
  </code></pre>