"relative address" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: relative addresses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} relative address (plural relative addresses)
  1. (computer science) The location of something in computer memory expressed as an offset from the value of a register. Wikipedia link: en:relative address Categories (topical): Computer science
    Sense id: en-relative_address-en-noun-pjyMqy~0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: computer, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, science, sciences

Inflected forms

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