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Dereferenced

Definition:

Dereferenced is an adjective that refers to the act of accessing the value stored in a memory address through a reference or pointer.

Examples:

Adjective:

• When the pointer is dereferenced, it retrieves the actual value stored at that memory address.
• The application crashed due to a null pointer being dereferenced.

Verb:

• Make sure to dereference the memory address before assigning it to the variable.
• The programmer successfully dereferenced the pointer, allowing access to the underlying data.

Noun:

• The dereference operation can sometimes be computationally expensive.
• Understanding how to safely perform dereferences is crucial in low-level programming.

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