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Definition of dereference verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

dereference

verb

NAmE//ˌdiˈrɛfrəns//

dereference something (computing)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they dereference

he / she / it dereferences

past simple dereferenced

-ing form dereferencing

to use a piece of data to discover where another piece of data is held

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