addressable
adjective
ad·dress·able
ə-ˈdre-sə-bəl 
1
: able to be addressed : directly accessible
addressable registers in a computer
2
: of or relating to a subscription television system that uses decoders addressable by the system operator
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The strip is simple and, judging from the images on Ikea’s site, won’t have individually addressable LEDs like some of the fancier strips on the market — which means the whole strip will show only a single color at a time.
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Wes Davis, The Verge, 8 Nov. 2023
His team will consist of existing executives, Todd Schwartzman and Tony Song, who will lead national sales, and Marisa Simon, who will lead the linear and addressable operations teams.
—Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Feb. 2023
An analysis by Boston Consulting Group recently found that the total addressable market for high quality CDR credits could be $10 billion to $40 billion by 2030, representing an annual demand of 40 to 200 million tonnes of CO2 removed.
—Phil De Luna, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
For the time being, California alone offers a $200 billion total addressable market for ADUs, McNamara says.
—Byalexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2023
Paramount Global, meanwhile, expects an uptick in the low to mid single digit percentage range in overall volume of commitments, particularly for sports and addressable advertising.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 27 July 2023
Hendel estimates the total addressable market for JKBX could reach billions of dollars based on the music industry’s growth trajectory and the 60 million individual investment accounts that Americans hold.
—Elizabeth Dilts Marshall, Billboard, 25 Aug. 2023
Hilary Krane, chief legal officer at CAA, believes generative AI issues pertaining to intellectual property, as well as name, image and likeness rights, are solvable and addressable concerns.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 16 Aug. 2023
But the Compute Element does have four 4-pin addressable RGB headers on the same side of the board as the GPU slot, for people who want to switch the plain 120 mm fans on the side for RGB versions.
—Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 30 Nov. 2022
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Wes Davis, The Verge, 8 Nov. 2023
His team will consist of existing executives, Todd Schwartzman and Tony Song, who will lead national sales, and Marisa Simon, who will lead the linear and addressable operations teams.
—Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Feb. 2023
An analysis by Boston Consulting Group recently found that the total addressable market for high quality CDR credits could be $10 billion to $40 billion by 2030, representing an annual demand of 40 to 200 million tonnes of CO2 removed.
—Phil De Luna, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
For the time being, California alone offers a $200 billion total addressable market for ADUs, McNamara says.
—Byalexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2023
Paramount Global, meanwhile, expects an uptick in the low to mid single digit percentage range in overall volume of commitments, particularly for sports and addressable advertising.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 27 July 2023
Hendel estimates the total addressable market for JKBX could reach billions of dollars based on the music industry’s growth trajectory and the 60 million individual investment accounts that Americans hold.
—Elizabeth Dilts Marshall, Billboard, 25 Aug. 2023
Hilary Krane, chief legal officer at CAA, believes generative AI issues pertaining to intellectual property, as well as name, image and likeness rights, are solvable and addressable concerns.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 16 Aug. 2023
But the Compute Element does have four 4-pin addressable RGB headers on the same side of the board as the GPU slot, for people who want to switch the plain 120 mm fans on the side for RGB versions.
—Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 30 Nov. 2022
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1953, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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addressable
adjective
ad·dress·able
ə-ˈdres-ə-bəl
: able to be reached through an address
addressable registers in a computer
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