noun Download 🔗Share The act by which something is dereferenced. Examples : "The software crashed due to an attempted dereference of a null pointer. " computing technology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share 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. Examples : "Attempting to dereference a null pointer often results in a crash." computing technical internet system electronics logic function device Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (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. Examples : "With the find command, any symbolic links appearing after -follow will be dereferenced." computing technical system internet technology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading