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Verb: dereference  dee'ref-run(t)s
  1. (computing) obtain the value stored at a location in memory from the address of the memory location; access the thing to which a pointer points
    "In table 10 we show the ratio of the total length of the dereference chain"

Derived forms: dereferencing, dereferences, dereferenced

Encyclopedia: Dereference

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