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Definition of Dereference
1. Verb. (context: programming of a memory location) To obtain the value stored therein in an execution context which interprets that value as the address of a memory location ¹
2. Verb. (context: programming of a pointer) to access the thing to which the pointer points. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
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