Definitions from Wiktionary (dereference)

▸ verb:  (programming) 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.
▸ verb:  (computing, in operating systems derived from Unix) To operate on the file or directory pointed to by a symbolic link, rather than on the link itself.
▸ noun:  The act by which something is dereferenced.





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