dereference

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Verb 1.2.1 Translations 1.2.2 See also

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

de- + reference

[edit] Verb

to dereference (third-person singular simple present dereferences, present participle dereferencing, simple past and past participle dereferenced)

1. (programming, of a memory location) To obtain the value stored therein in an execution context which interprets that value as the address of a memory location
2. (programming, of a pointer) to access the thing to which the pointer points.

[edit] Translations

• French : déréférencer

[edit] See also

• pointer
• reference