address

v. direct to; speak to; direct to a specific destination, mark with an address (as in a letter or package); refer

n. location; description of a location; (Computers) number specifying a location in a computers's memory or on a disk; (Computers) unique name or code identifying each computer and user (e.g. URL, email address); lecture; speech

Address may refer to:Address (geography), a code and abstract concept expressing a location on the earth's surfaceJapanese addressing systemA speech (public address)Style (manner of address), honorificsE-mail address, which identifies an Internet location that can receive e-mailA network address, the coded representation of the source or destination of a message (e.g. MAC addresses or IP addresses).A memory address, a unique identifier for a memory location at which a computer can store a piece of data for later retrievalThe part of a selection signal that indicates the destination of a call
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(v. i.)
To direct speech.
  

(v. i.)
To prepare one's self.
  

(v. t.)
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.
  

(v. t.)
Act of addressing one's self to a person; verbal application.
  

(v. t.)
Act of preparing one's self.
  

(v. t.)
Attention in the way one's addresses to a lady.
  

(v. t.)
Direction or superscription of a letter, or the name, title, and place of residence of the person addressed.
  

(v. t.)
Manner of speaking to another; delivery; as, a man of pleasing or insinuating address.
  

(v. t.)
Skill; skillful management; dexterity; adroitness.
  

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

(v.)
To aim; to direct.
  

(v.)
To clothe or array; to dress.
  

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

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

(v.)
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.
  

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

(v.)
To make suit to as a lover; to court; to woo.
  

(v.)
To prepare or make ready.
  

1. In communications, the coded representation of the source or destination of a message. (188 ) 2. In data processing, a character or group of characters that identifies a register, a particular part of storage, or some other data source or destination. (188 ) 3. To assign to a device or item of data a label to identify its location. (188 ) 4. The part of a selection signal that indicates the destination of a call. 5. To refer to a device or data item by its address.

1. <networking> e-mail address.
2. <networking> Internet address.
3. <networking> 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)