INDIRECTION

Indirection

In computer programming, indirection is the ability to reference something using a name, reference, or container instead of the value itself. The most common form of indirection is the act of manipulating a value through its memory address. For example, accessing a variable through the use of a pointer. A stored pointer that exists to provide a reference to an object by double indirection is called an indirection node. In some older computer architectures, indirect words supported a variety of more-or-less complicated addressing modes.

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indirection

Noun

  1. A lack of direction; deviousness or aimlessness
  2. Use of a variable or object through its address
  3. An indirect action or process.


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