(1) The number of a particular RAM or peripheral storage location. Like post office boxes, each byte of RAM and each sector on a drive has its own unique address. Programs are compiled into machine language, which references actual addresses in the computer. See
address bus and
machine language.
(2) As a verb, to manage or work with. For example, "the computer can address 16GB of RAM."
(3) The location of a website or other Internet facility. See
URL,
IP address and
address bar.