indirect address

American  

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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Example Sentences

This new address is known as the indirect address for the instruction and will be used -9-to locate the operand.

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

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

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

The indirect address can be acted on by an index register and deferred again if desired.

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