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direct address

noun

Grammar. the use of a term or name for the person spoken to, as in securing the attention of that person; use of a vocative form.
Computers. See under indirect address.

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Words nearby direct address

direct, direct-access, direct-access storage device, direct-acting, direct action, direct address, direct broadcast satellite, direct characterization, direct cinema, direct cost, direct coupling
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