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In general, a reference is something that refers to or designates something else, or acts as a connection or a link between two things. The objects it links may be concrete, such as books or locations, or abstract, such as data, thoughts, or memories. The object which is named by a reference, or to which the reference points, is the referent.
The term reference is used with different specialized meanings in a variety of fields, as follows:
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References - Twitter SearchLast night's #heroes was pretty "meh" but I loved the #quantumleap & #bttf references. anybody else catch that?collidecreative (Kevin Tucker) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:40:59 -0000
Last night's #heroes was pretty "meh" but I loved the #quantumleap & #bttf references. anybody else catch that?
Excellent collage with a TON of Dino references hidden throughout http://bit.ly/1E20z (ht to @Street_Carnage) (via @dinosaurjr)ShiftyWriter (ShiftyWriter) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:39:00 -0000
Excellent collage with a TON of Dino references hidden throughout http://bit.ly/1E20z (ht to @Street_Carnage) (via @dinosaurjr)
@euniqueflair >< Argh, meta references!gssq (Agagooga) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:38:59 -0000
@euniqueflair >< Argh, meta references!
@JackShell Didn't understand this until I watched South Park last night. I'm falling down on my pop culture references; how uncharacteristicdancedivam (Meredith) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:31:03 -0000
@JackShell Didn't understand this until I watched South Park last night. I'm falling down on my pop culture references; how uncharacteristic
RT @dorfird @devospice Ah, gotcha. So many Simpsons episodes I can't catch all the references!simpsonsbot (professor frink) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:30:05 -0000
RT @dorfird @devospice Ah, gotcha. So many Simpsons episodes I can't catch all the references!
@devospice Ah, gotcha. So many Simpsons episodes I can't catch all the references!dorfird (Ada Kerman) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:28:58 -0000
@devospice Ah, gotcha. So many Simpsons episodes I can't catch all the references!
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