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dereference en · NOUN
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Proto-Indo-European *de
Proto-Indo-European *-h₁
Proto-Indo-European *déh₁
Proto-Italic *dē
Latin dē
Latin dē-der.
English de-
English reference
English dereference
From de- + reference.
Meanings
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The act by which something is dereferenced.
Either each dereference must use a complicated DCAS protocol, or each pointer must include a version number that is managed on each modification and checked on each dereference, or storage management must be tightly coupled […]
1999, Michael Barry Greenwald, Non-blocking synchronization and system design, page 77:
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pointer
dereference en · VERB
Pronunciation
Etymology
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Proto-Indo-European *de
Proto-Indo-European *-h₁
Proto-Indo-European *déh₁
Proto-Italic *dē
Latin dē
Latin dē-der.
English de-
English reference
English dereference
From de- + reference.
Meanings
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To access the value or object located in a memory location addressed by 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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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.
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To dissolve a symbolic link by replacing it with a copy of its target.
Forms
Deriveds
dereferencer · dereferenceable
Synonyms
resolve · follow
Translations (11)
es desreferenciar (access something to which a pointer or another value points) · pt desreferenciar (access something to which a pointer or another value points) · fi seurata (access something to which a pointer or another value points) · sv avreferera (access something to which a pointer or another value points) · ru разыменовывать (access something to which a pointer or another value points) · fi seurata (operate on the target of a symbolic link) · fi viitata (access something to which a pointer or another value points) · de dereferenzieren (access something to which a pointer or another value points) · fr déréférencer (operate on the target of a symbolic link) · sv avreferera (operate on the target of a symbolic link) · fr déréférencer (access something to which a pointer or another value points)