indirect referencing; indirection
Computing term for accessing data through a reference or pointer rather than directly.
By using indirect referencing, you don't need to modify the program even if the data location changes.
Direct referencing; accessing data by its actual address, as opposed to 間接参照 which uses an intermediate pointer.
Compound of 間接 (indirect) and 参照 (reference), a calque of the English computing term 'indirect reference'.