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indirect address

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noun

Computers.
  1. the address in a storage location that contains the actual machine address of a data item or of other information, as the next instruction, or that contains another indirect address.


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Each use of an index register or an indirect address extends the operating time of the original instruction by 5 microseconds.

From Preliminary Specifications: Programmed Data Processor Model Three (PDP-3) October, 1960 by Digital Equipment Corporation

In this case, the address after being modified by the selected index register is used to locate the indirect address.

From Preliminary Specifications: Programmed Data Processor Model Three (PDP-3) October, 1960 by Digital Equipment Corporation

The first bit of octal digit 2 is the indirect address bit.

From Preliminary Specifications: Programmed Data Processor Model Three (PDP-3) October, 1960 by Digital Equipment Corporation

An instruction which is to use an indirect address will have a ONE in bit six of the instruction word.

From Preliminary Specifications: Programmed Data Processor Model Three (PDP-3) October, 1960 by Digital Equipment Corporation

If the memory register containing the indirect address also has a 1 in bit six, the indirect addressing procedure is repeated again and a third address is located.

From Preliminary Specifications: Programmed Data Processor Model Three (PDP-3) October, 1960 by Digital Equipment Corporation

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