DEREFERENCE
11 letters
17 Scrabble points
/dɪˈɹɛfɹəns/
Definition of DEREFERENCE
noun
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The act by which something is dereferenced.
verb
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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.
"Attempting to dereference a null pointer often results in a crash."
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(in operating systems derived from Unix) To operate on the file or directory pointed to by a symbolic link, rather than on the link itself.
"With the find command, any symbolic links appearing after -follow will be dereferenced."
Source: Wiktionary
Word Details
Letters
D
E
R
E
F
E
R
E
N
C
E
Length
11 letters
Scrabble Score
17 points