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indirection

[in-duh-rek-shuhn, -dahy-]

in·di·rec·tion

[in-duh-rek-shuhn, -dahy-]
noun
1.
indirect action or procedure.
2.
a roundabout course or method.
3.
a lack of direction or goal; aimlessness: His efforts were marked by indirection and indecisiveness.
4.
deceitful or dishonest dealing.

Origin:
1585–95; indirect + -ion, modeled on direction
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Indirection is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
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indirection (ˌɪndɪˈrɛkʃən)
 
n
1.  indirect procedure, courses, or methods
2.  lack of direction or purpose; aimlessness
3.  indirect dealing; deceit

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indirection definition

programming
Manipulating data via its address. Indirection is a powerful and general programming technique. It can be used for example to process data stored in a sequence of consecutive memory locations by maintaining a pointer to the current item and incrementing it to point to the next item.
Indirection is supported at the machine language level by indirect addressing. Many processor and operating system architectures use vectors which are also an instance of indirection, being locations which hold the address of a routine to handle a particular event. The event handler can be changed simply by pointing the vector at a new piece of code.
C includes operators "&" which returns the address of a variable and its inverse "*" which returns the variable at a given address.
(1997-02-06)

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