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COMPUTER ADDRESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does computer address mean?
• COMPUTER ADDRESS (noun)
The noun COMPUTER ADDRESS has 1 sense:
1. (computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored
Familiarity information: COMPUTER ADDRESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
address; computer address; reference
Hypernyms ("computer address" is a kind of...):
code; computer code ((computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions)
Domain category:
computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "computer address"):
argument; parameter ((computer science) a reference or value that is passed to a function, procedure, subroutine, command, or program)
uniform resource locator; universal resource locator; URL (the address of a web page on the world wide web)
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