👉 Non-reference is a term used in computer science and information theory to describe an object that has no direct reference to any other objects or data. In other words, it is not tied to any specific instance of something else like a reference point or a reference device. This can be useful for reducing the memory footprint of algorithms by avoiding unnecessary computation of references to other objects. For example, in a computer program, if you have an array of integers and want to access a particular element, you don't