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absolute address
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absolute address
An explicit identification of a memory location, peripheral device, or location within a device. For example, memory byte 107,443, disk drive 2 and sector 238 are absolute addresses. The computer uses absolute addresses to reference memory and peripherals. See base address and relative address.
absolute address [′ab·sə‚lüt ə′dres]
(computer science)
The numerical identification of each storage location which is wired permanently into a computer by the manufacturer.


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SYS, a program that provides access to extended memory and insures that no two programs can use the same memory address.
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