dereference

dereference englanniksi

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.

(usex)

2. To operate on the file or directory pointed to by a link, rather than on the link itself.

(syn)

(usex) command, any symbolic links appearing after (monospace) will be dereferenced.

3. The act by which something is dereferenced.

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