Well, it turns out on most computers an address of the location and memory, aka a pointer, is itself 32 bits.

好的，它是一个计算机内存地址,或者说一个指针，占32位。

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It turns out when we call string a string, we're really referring not to those characters but to the address, the location and memory of those characters.

当我说字符串时，我并不是指这些字符集,而是指地址，就是这些字符集在存储器中的位置。

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In other words, if you hand someone literally the street address of something, right, if you hand, let's say, if you hand someone the address of a house or a home that person can then literally go to that location and do whatever they want at that location.

换句话说，如果你传递的是街道地址什么的,对的，如果你传递的是，一个人的住宅的地址,那个人就可以到那个地址去,处理他想做的事情。

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