resolve

To look up an address. For example, "to resolve a name" means to look up the corresponding address for that name (see name resolution). The phrase "external references in the program were resolved" means that tables were searched, and all references to routines outside of the program were given valid addresses. See address resolution, resolver and resolution.

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