In computer programming, indirection is the ability to reference something using a name, reference, or container instead of the value itself. Computer programming (often simply programming) is the craft of implementing one or more interrelated abstract algorithms using a particular programming language to produce a concrete computer program. ...

One type of indirection is the act of manipulating a value through its address. For example, accessing a variable through the use of a pointer to it is a type of indirection (often called dereferencing). Look up Address in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Address may refer to— the location of an individual or organization. ... In computer science and mathematics, a variable is a symbol denoting a quantity or symbolic representation. ... This article is about the computer data type. ... This article discusses a general notion of reference in computing. ...

In the C/C++/D programming languages, the asterisk (*) is the dereference operator. When placed before a pointer, it refers to the value pointed to. The C Programming Language, Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie, the original edition that served for many years as an informal specification of the language The C programming language is a low-level standardized programming language developed in the early 1970s by Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie for use on the... C++ (pronounced see plus plus) is a general-purpose computer programming language. ... D is an object-oriented, imperative systems programming language designed by Walter Bright of Digital Mars as a successor to C++. Some other successors to C++ include Java, and C#. D adds modern features like design by contract, unit testing, true modules, automatic memory management (garbage collection), first class arrays... This article refers to the asterisk symbol. ...

A stored pointer that exists to provide a reference to an object by double indirection is called an indirection node.

Other examples of indirection are proxy_pattern and proxy_server. In computer programming, a proxy pattern is a software design pattern. ... A proxy server is a computer network service which allows clients to make indirect network connections to other network services. ...

See also: Handle Look up Handle in Wiktionary, the free dictionary A handle may refer to any of several things: For a device attached to a movable object, that is gripped to move or use the object, see handle (grip). ...