In general, absolute refers to anything complete and always true. For example, when talking about computer memory, an absolute address is an exact location in memory. When accessing stored information in memory, a computer needs an absolute address to know where information can be retrieved. If the computer was given a random address, it wouldn’t retrieve the correct information.
Examples of terms using absolute
Below are examples of computer-related terms relating to absolute.
- Absolute address
- Absolute cell reference
- Absolute coding
- Absolute column
- Absolute coordinates
- Absolute domain name
- Absolute link
- Absolute location
- Absolute path
- Absolute reference
- Absolute row
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Related information
- What is the difference between a relative and absolute path?
- How to change an Excel relative cell to an absolute cell.
