addressing

noun — 3 senses

addressing

noun

/əˈdɹɛsɪŋ/

1

Usually A process of putting a person's name and address on an item of mail

2

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences Usually Any of several methods of locating and accessing information within storage

3

Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences Usually A mode, manner, or form of direct speech to an audience.

  • Just as a social inferior should not adopt a domineering structure of words and addressings, so a social superior must manage to inject just the right degree of condescension into his or her locutions2010, R. S. Perinbanayagam, Discursive acts: language, signs, and selves, page 118:
Derived terms
dynamic IP addressing, logical block addressing, multiaddressing

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