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ad·dress       (ə-drěs')  Pronunciation Key  tr.v.   ad·dressed, ad·dress·ing, ad·dress·es To speak to: addressed me in low tones. To make a formal speech to. To direct (a spoken or written message) to the attention of: address a protest to the faculty senate. To mark with a destination: address a letter. To direct the efforts or attention of (oneself): address oneself to a task. To deal with: addressed the issue of absenteeism. To dispatch or consign (a ship, for example) to an agent or factor. Sports To adjust and aim the club at (a golf ball) in preparing for a stroke. n.   also (ād'rěs') A description of the location of a person or organization, as written or printed on mail as directions for delivery: wrote down the address on the envelope. The location at which a particular organization or person may be found or reached: went to her address but no one was home. A name or number used in information storage or retrieval that is assigned to a specific memory location. The memory location identified by this name or number. A name or a sequence of characters that designates an e-mail account or a specific site on the Internet or other network. also (ād'rěs') Computer Science A name or number used in information storage or retrieval that is assigned to a specific memory location. The memory location identified by this name or number. A name or a sequence of characters that designates an e-mail account or a specific site on the Internet or other network. A formal spoken or written communication. A formal speech. Courteous attentions. Often used in the plural. The manner or bearing of a person, especially in conversation. Skill, deftness, and grace in dealing with people or situations. See Synonyms at tact. The act of dispatching or consigning a ship, as to an agent or a factor. [Middle English adressen, to direct, from Old French adresser, from Vulgar Latin *addīrēctiāre : Latin ad-, ad- + Vulgar Latin *dīrēctiāre, to straighten (from Latin dīrēctus, past participle of dīrigere, to direct; see direct).]

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address
noun
1.	(computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored
2.	the place where a person or organization can be found or communicated with
3.	the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience; "he listened to an address on minor Roman poets"
4.	the manner of speaking to another individual; "he failed in his manner of address to the captain"
5.	a sign in front of a house or business carrying the conventional form by which its location is described
6.	written directions for finding some location; written on letters or packages that are to be delivered to that location
7.	the stance assumed by a golfer in preparation for hitting a golf ball
8.	social skill [syn: savoir-faire]
verb
1.	speak to; "He addressed the crowd outside the window"
2.	give a speech to; "The chairman addressed the board of trustees"
3.	put an address on (an envelope)
4.	direct a question at someone
5.	address or apply oneself to something, direct one's efforts towards something, such as a question
6.	greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name; "He always addresses me with 'Sir'"; "Call me Mister"; "She calls him by first name"
7.	access or locate by address
8.	act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression; "This book deals with incest"; "The course covered all of Western Civilization"; "The new book treats the history of China" [syn: cover]
9.	speak to someone
10.	adjust and aim (a golf ball) at in preparation of hitting

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address
1. e-mail address.
2. Internet address.
3. MAC address.
4. An unsigned integer used to select one fundamental element of storage, usually known as a word from a computer's main memory or other storage device. The CPU outputs addresses on its address bus which may be connected to an address decoder, cache controller, memory management unit, and other devices.
While from a hardware point of view an address is indeed an integer most strongly typed programming languages disallow mixing integers and addresses, and indeed addresses of different data types. This is a fine example for syntactic salt: the compiler could work without it but makes writing bad programs more difficult.
(1997-07-01)

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Address

Ad*dress"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Addressed; p. pr. & vb. n. Addressing.] [OE. adressen to raise erect, adorn, OF. adrecier, to straighten, address, F. adresser, fr. [`a] (L. ad) + OF. drecier, F. dresser, to straighten, arrange. See Dress, v.]

1. To aim; to direct. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

And this good knight his way with me addrest. --Spenser.

2. To prepare or make ready. [Obs.]

His foe was soon addressed. --Spenser.

Turnus addressed his men to single fight. --Dryden.

The five foolish virgins addressed themselves at the noise of the bridegroom's coming. --Jer. Taylor.

3. Reflexively: To prepare one's self; to apply one's skill or energies (to some object); to betake.

These men addressed themselves to the task. --Macaulay.

4. To clothe or array; to dress. [Archaic]

Tecla . . . addressed herself in man's apparel. --Jewel.

5. To direct, as words (to any one or any thing); to make, as a speech, petition, etc. (to any one, an audience).

The young hero had addressed his players to him for his assistance. --Dryden.

6. To direct speech to; to make a communication to, whether spoken or written; to apply to by words, as by a speech, petition, etc., to speak to; to accost.

Are not your orders to address the senate? --Addison.

The representatives of the nation addressed the king. --Swift.

7. To direct in writing, as a letter; to superscribe, or to direct and transmit; as, he addressed a letter.

8. To make suit to as a lover; to court; to woo.

9. (Com.) To consign or intrust to the care of another, as agent or factor; as, the ship was addressed to a merchant in Baltimore.

To address one's self to. (a) To prepare one's self for; to apply one's self to. (b) To direct one's speech or discourse to.

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Address

Ad*dress"\, v. i. 1. To prepare one's self. [Obs.] "Let us address to tend on Hector's heels." --Shak.

2. To direct speech. [Obs.]

Young Turnus to the beauteous maid addrest. --Dryden.

Note: The intransitive uses come from the dropping out of the reflexive pronoun.

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Address

Ad*dress\, n. [Cf. F. adresse. See Address, v. t.]

1. Act of preparing one's self. [Obs.] --Jer Taylor.

2. Act of addressing one's self to a person; verbal application.

3. A formal communication, either written or spoken; a discourse; a speech; a formal application to any one; a petition; a formal statement on some subject or special occasion; as, an address of thanks, an address to the voters.

4. Direction or superscription of a letter, or the name, title, and place of residence of the person addressed.

5. Manner of speaking to another; delivery; as, a man of pleasing or insinuating address.

6. Attention in the way one's addresses to a lady. --Addison.

7. Skill; skillful management; dexterity; adroitness.

Syn: Speech; discourse; harangue; oration; petition; lecture; readiness; ingenuity; tact; adroitness.

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Address

Ad*dress"\, v. t.

To address the ball (Golf), to take aim at the ball, adjusting the grip on the club, the attitude of the body, etc., to a convenient position. Adenoid \Ad"e*noid\, n. (Med.) A swelling produced by overgrowth of the adenoid tissue in the roof of the pharynx; -- usually in pl.