dereference

/diːˈrɛfərəns/

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Definition of dereference - Reverso English Dictionary

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technology

TECH.

access the value pointed to by a pointer

TECH.

The program will dereference the pointer to get the value.

Unix systems

TECH.

operate on the file pointed to by a symbolic link

TECH.

The command will dereference the symbolic link to access the file.

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Origin of dereference

Latin, de (down) + referre (to carry back)

Examples of dereference in a sentence

The function will dereference the address to retrieve data.
You need to dereference the link to edit the file.
The script will automatically dereference symbolic links.

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French:déréférencer, accéder via un lien symbolique, ...
German:dereferenzieren, auflösen, ...
Italian:dereferenziare, accedere tramite link simbolico, ...
Spanish:desreferenciar, acceder mediante enlace simbólico, ...
Portuguese:desreferenciar, aceder através de um link simbólico, ...
Chinese:解引用, 取消引用, ...
Japanese:参照解除する, 解決する, ...
Arabic:فَكَّ الإِشَارَة, تَبِعَ, ...
Hebrew:לִגְשׁוֹת לְעֵרֶךְ, לְפַעֵל בְּמַעֲרֶכֶת יוניקס, ...
Russian:разыменовывать, обрабатывать ссылку, ...
Ukrainian:дереференціювати, звертатися, ...
Hindi:डिरेफरेंस करना, लिंक खोलना, ...
Bengali:ডিরেফারেন্স করা, ডেরেফারেন্স করা, ...
Catalan:desreferenciar, accedir mitjançant enllaç simbòlic, ...
Czech:dereferencovat, rozvinout odkaz, ...
Danish:dereferere, følge linket, ...
Dutch:derefereren, ontkoppelen, ...
Greek:προσπελάζω δείκτη, αποδεσμεύω, ...
Hungarian:dereferálni, követni, ...
Khmer:ចូលប្រើតម្លៃតាមទ្រនិច, ចូលប្រើឯកសារគោលដៅតាមរយៈតំណភ្ជាប់និមិត្តសញ្ញា, ...
Korean:역참조하다, 참조 해제하다, ...
Persian:دسترسی داد, لینک نمادین را دنبال کرد, ...
Polish:dereferencjować, zde-referencjonować, ...
Portuguese (BR):desreferenciar, ...
Romanian:a dereferenția, a accesa prin dereferențiere, ...
Swedish:avreferera, följa länk, ...
Thai:เข้าถึงค่าที่ชี้โดยพอยน์เตอร์, ดำเนินการกับ, ...
Turkish:çözmek, erişmek, ...
Vietnamese:giải tham chiếu, thao tác trên, ...

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