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Physical address
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<p>In <a href="/facts/Computing/Kghtm9fX">computing</a>, a physical address (also real address, or binary address), is a <a href="/facts/Memory_address/7EsUmbea">memory address</a> that is represented in the form of a <a href="/facts/Binary_number/a6JDSRPs">binary number</a> on the <a href="/facts/Address_bus/R45TKwS7">address bus</a> circuitry in order to enable the <a href="/facts/Bus_(computing)/R45TKwS7">data bus</a> to access a <i>particular</i> storage cell of <a href="/facts/Main_memory/wPHKFpdx">main memory</a>, or a register of <a href="/facts/Memory-mapped_I/O/PmLNFq01">memory-mapped I/O</a> device. </p>