dereference

IPA(Pronunciation)

/dɪˈɹɛfɹəns/

Verb

in operating systems derived from Unix

(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.

Japanese Meaning

(プログラミング) ポインタや他の参照として解釈される値に格納されているメモリ上の位置から、その実際の値やオブジェクトにアクセスすること

What is this buttons?

Before accessing the data, dereference the pointer to obtain the value stored at that memory location.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

データを使用する前に、ポインタが指すメモリ位置に格納された値にアクセスしてください。

Details

Sense（1）

(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.