English

Etymology
de- + reference

Verb
en-verb|dereferenc|ing

1. context|complang|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. context|complang|of a pointer to access the thing to which the pointer points.

See also
pointer
reference

zh:dereference

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