Meaning

3 senses
  1. 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.

    dereferenzieren

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  2. 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.

  3. To dissolve a symbolic link by replacing it with a copy of its target.

Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
access something to which a pointer or another value points:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
access something to which a pointer or another value points:

Forms

dereferences, dereferencing, dereferenced, dereferenced
Base formdereference · to dereference
3rd person singulardereferences
Present participledereferencing
Past simpledereferenced
Past participledereferenced

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydereference
he, she, itdereferences

Past simpleLesson

all personsdereferenced

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave dereferenced
he, she, ithas dereferenced

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill dereference

Synonyms

2 synonyms

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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