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the polite fiction that everyone knows exactly where you live.
means the system of labeling locations or targets so messages, mail, or data know where to go.
from from old french adrecier, to make straight or aim toward, which is exactly what an address does with a letter, a package, or a byte.
computersmemory addressing lets bytes have street names too
medieval mailearly letters just said the person's name and hoped
envelope inventionstandardized addresses only became common in the 1800s