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=== Example of indirect addressing === In our daily lives the notion of an "indirect operation" is not unusual. :Example: A treasure hunt. :At location "Tom_&_Becky's_cave_in_pirate_chest" will be where we can find a map directing us to "the treasure": ::(1) We go to location "Tom_&_Becky's_cave..." and dig around until we find a wooden box ::(2) Inside the box is a map to the location of the treasure: "under_Thatcher's_front_porch" ::(3) We go to location "under_Thatcher's_front_porch", jackhammer away the concrete, and discover "the treasure": a sack of rusty door-knobs. [[Indirection]] specifies a location identified as the pirate chest in "Tom_&_Becky's_cave..." that acts as a ''pointer'' to any other location (including itself): its contents (the treasure map) provides the "address" of the ''target'' location "under_Thatcher's_front_porch" where the real action is occurring.
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