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<p>In <a href="page.php?w=computer_science">computer science</a>, an <b>indirection</b> is a way of referring to something using a name, <a href="page.php?w=reference">reference</a>, or container instead of the value itself. The most common form of indirection is the act of manipulating a value through its <a href="page.php?w=memory_address">memory address</a>; e.g., accessing a <a href="page.php?w=variable_%28programming%29">variable</a> through the use of a <a href="page.php?w=pointer_%28computer_programming%29">pointer</a>. A stored pointer that</p><p>
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