(1) The number of a particular memory or peripheral storage location. Like post office boxes, each byte of memory and each disk sector has its own unique address. Programs are compiled into machine language, which references actual addresses in the computer.
(2) As a verb, to manage or work with. For example, "the computer can address 16MB of memory."
(2) As a verb, to manage or work with. For example, "the computer can address 16MB of memory."
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