dereference

See also: déréférencé and déréférence

English

Etymology

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈɹɛfɹəns/

Verb

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

(programming) To obtain the value stored in (a memory location) in an execution context which interprets that value as the address of another memory location.
(programming) To access the object at which (a pointer) points.

Antonyms

reference

Translations

obtain the value stored therein in an execution context

access the thing to which the pointer points

Portuguese: desreferenciar

Russian: разыменовать (ru) (razymenovatʹ)

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French: ^{(please verify)} déréférencer (fr)

References

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