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Definition of addressable
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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Mac games have a substantially larger addressable market, the economics of scale are more favorable, and for a while, the hardware was in a sweet spot.
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How much of that is really addressable for both of you?
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The inside walls of the tank are covered with 12,000 individually addressable LED pixels, forming an immersive, semi-interactive display system with each pixel offering a last resting place of a M∞ PILOT.
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First Known Use of addressable
1953
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