dereferenced
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Definitions ofdereferenced
- 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.
Example: "Attempting to dereference a null pointer often results in a crash."
- (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.
Example: "With the find command, any symbolic links appearing after -follow will be dereferenced."
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