dereference
English
/dɪˈɹɛfɹəns/
verb
Definitions
- (programming) To access the value or object located in a memory location stored in a pointer or another value interpreted as such; to access a value being referenced by something else.
- (computing) To operate on the file or directory pointed to by a symbolic link, rather than on the link itself.
Etymology
Prefix from English reference.
Origin
English
reference
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- autoreference English
- back-reference English
- backreference English
- character reference English
- coreference English
- cross-reference English
- dereferenceable English
- dereferencer English
- georeference English
- interreference English
- metareference English
- misreference English
- multireference English
- nonreference English
- overreference English
- phyloreference English
- pseudoreference English
- reference English
- referenceable English
- referenceless English
- referential English
- rereference English
- self-reference English
- Referenz German
- referencia Hungarian
- référence French
- référence Middle French
- reference
- rereference
- referential
- coreference
- dereferencer
- nonreference
- georeference
- misreference
- overreference
- backreference
- referenceless
- metareference
- autoreference
- referenceable
- multireference
- self-reference
- back-reference
- interreference
- phyloreference
- cross-reference
- dereferenceable
- pseudoreference
- character reference