1. To go through multiple levels of indirection, as in
traversing a linked list or graph structure. Used especially
by programmers in
C, where explicit pointers are a very
common data type.
2. (Cambridge) "pointer chase" or "pointer hunt": The process
of going through a
core dump, interactively or on a large
piece of paper printed with
hex runes, following dynamic
(1995-05-11)