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. See dangling pointer and snap. 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 data-struCtures. Used only in debugging. [Jargon File] (1995-05-11)

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