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Indirection

In computer science, an indirection is a way of referring to something using a name, reference, or container instead of the value itself. [clarification needed]The most common form of indirection is the act of manipulating a value through its memory address; e.g., accessing a variable through the use of a pointer. A stored pointer that exists to provide…

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Indirection

Nodes31
Edges30
Triples12
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.064516
Components1

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Indirection

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related to overview · 11
Indirection → All, Butler Lampson, David Wheeler, Internet, Lock-gray-alt-2, Lock-green, Lock-red-alt-2, RFC, This, Wheeler, Wikisource-logo
is a · 1
Indirection → way of referring to something using a name

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Indirectionis away of referring to something using a name0.90text
Indirectionrelated to overviewButler Lampson0.60section
Indirectionrelated to overviewDavid Wheeler0.60section
Indirectionrelated to overviewAll0.60section
Indirectionrelated to overviewThis0.60section
Indirectionrelated to overviewWheeler0.60section
Indirectionrelated to overviewInternet0.60section
Indirectionrelated to overviewLock-green0.60section
Indirectionrelated to overviewLock-gray-alt-20.60section
Indirectionrelated to overviewLock-red-alt-20.60section
Indirectionrelated to overviewWikisource-logo0.60section
Indirectionrelated to overviewRFC0.60section

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