English Dictionary

dereference

/dɪˈɹɛfɹəns/

verb

(programming) To access the value or object located in a memory location stored in a pointer or another value interpreted as such; to access a value being referenced by something else.

You need to dereference the pointer before accessing its value.

意味（1）

(programming) To access the value or object located in a memory location stored in a pointer or another value interpreted as such; to access a value being referenced by something else.

Attempting to dereference a null pointer often results in a crash.

意味（2）

(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.

With the find command, any symbolic links appearing after -follow will be dereferenced.