1. vi. To go through multiple levels of
indirection, as in traversing a linked list or graph structure.
Used esp. by programmers in C, where explicit pointers are a very
common data type. This is techspeak, but it remains jargon when
used of human networks.
"I'm chasing pointers. Bob said you could tell me who to talk to about..."
See dangling pointer and snap.
2. [Cambridge] 'pointer chase' or
'pointer hunt': The process of going through a dump
(interactively or on a large piece of paper printed with hex
runes) following dynamic data-structures. Used only in a
debugging context.
