dereference in Finnish

(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.

(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.

(computing, *nix) To operate on the file or directory pointed to by a symbolic link, rather than on the link itself.