addressable

American  

[uh-dres-uh-buhl] / əˈdrɛs ə bəl /

adjective

1. capable of being addressed.

2. Television. (of a cable-TV system) capable of addressing or calling up any available channel.

3. Computers. (of stored information) capable of being accessed.

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addressable British  

/ əˈdrɛsəbəl /

adjective

1. computing possessing or capable of being reached by an address

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Other Word Forms

• addressability
  noun

Etymology

Origin of addressable

First recorded in 1950–55; address + -able

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

addressable

In securities filings, SpaceX estimated that the total addressable market for the business was $28.5 trillion, with the market opportunity for AI to be around $26.5 trillion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

“We’re entertaining an audience approaching a billion people with still lots of room to grow into our addressable market on every measure,” said Spencer Neumann, Netflix’s chief financial officer, in the earnings presentation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2026

Those moves have expanded Levi’s total addressable market, boosting its growth and profitability, Gass said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

TD Cowen analysts estimate that the total addressable market for longevity healthcare exceeds $250 billion, with beneficiaries spanning companies making biological breakthroughs to those using artificial intelligence.

From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026

The assumption that bits and addressable units within an object are      ordered in the same way and that this order is a constant of      nature.

From The Jargon File, Version 2.9.10, 01 Jul 1992 by Raymond, Eric S.