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Memory address
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<p>In <a href="/facts/Computing/Kghtm9fX">computing</a>, a memory address is a reference to a specific <a href="/facts/Computer_memory/hQKVQ51J">memory</a> location in memory used by both <a href="/facts/Software/RP79lVSW">software</a> and <a href="/facts/Computer_hardware/8jSjsCNv">hardware</a>. These addresses are fixed-length sequences of <a href="/facts/Numerical_digit/JJdLBoGT">digits</a>, typically displayed and handled as <a href="/facts/Signedness/6vTRuxPk">unsigned</a> <a href="/facts/Integer_(computing)/zWabo5M9">integers</a>. This numerical representation is based on the features of CPU (such as the <a href="/facts/Instruction_pointer/BxqulBRq">instruction pointer</a> and incremental <a href="/facts/Memory_address_register/TJokLCFI">address registers</a>). Programming language constructs often treat the memory like an array. </p>