addressable

adjective

ad·​dress·​able ə-ˈdre-sə-bəl How to pronounce addressable (audio)
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
addressability noun

Examples of addressable in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web One of the major issues the short-seller cited was analysis that shows recent lawsuits could change the way buyer-agent commissions are handled, leading the total addressable market of commissions to drop as much as 30%. Bywill Daniel, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2024 The company believes that the addressable market in the SADC region will grow to over 125 GWh of energy storage over the next 11 years, worth significant revenues to Energy Vault. Erik Kobayashi-Solomon, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024 Note on Automotive: Automotive is another large, incoming segment for Nvidia with a $300 billion total addressable market by 2030. Beth Kindig, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024 The good news is that fintech itself isn’t going anywhere long-term: The industry aims to solve real problems and has a giant total addressable market that exists—in some form or another—throughout the world. Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 22 Feb. 2024 So the addressable market and the number of people who are coming into streaming is only growing, and that provides us with a unique opportunity that doesn’t exist in other parts of the world. Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Feb. 2024 Each one is controlled via the addressable I2C serial bus protocol. IEEE Spectrum, 23 Jan. 2024 The company unveiled its first color-changing addressable indoor light strip, the Smart Multicolor Lightstrip. Sheena Vasani, The Verge, 9 Jan. 2024 The lights on the back are individually addressable now, so the phone can do tricks like progressively light up the back exclamation point as a charging indicator. Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 14 July 2023

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Word History

Etymology

address entry 1 + -able

First Known Use

1953, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of addressable was in 1953

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“Addressable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/addressable. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

addressable

adjective
ad·​dress·​able ə-ˈdres-ə-bəl How to pronounce addressable (audio)
: able to be reached through an address
addressable registers in a computer

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