Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dereference

plural of dereference

(programming) 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.

The act by which something is dereferenced.

plural of dereferer

(Internet, rare) A service used for removing the URL of the referring page that referred the user to a given page, to maintain privacy.

simple past tense and past participle of dereference

(programming) Any operator that dereferences something.

plural of dereferencer

(programming) That can be dereferenced.