dereferencing

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English

Verb

dereferencing

  1. present participle of dereference

Noun

dereferencing (plural dereferencings)

  1. The act by which something is dereferenced.
    • 2010, Wolfgang Mauerer, Professional Linux Kernel Architecture
      Linus Torvalds himself designed the sparse tool to find direct userspace pointer dereferencings in the kernel.