COMPUTER ADDRESS

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does computer address mean? 

• COMPUTER ADDRESS (noun)
  The noun COMPUTER ADDRESS has 1 sense:

1. (computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored

  Familiarity information: COMPUTER ADDRESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COMPUTER ADDRESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

address; computer address; reference

Hypernyms ("computer address" is a kind of...):

code; computer code ((computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions)

Domain category:

computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "computer address"):

argument; parameter ((computer science) a reference or value that is passed to a function, procedure, subroutine, command, or program)

uniform resource locator; universal resource locator; URL (the address of a web page on the world wide web)