addressable

American  

[uh-dres-uh-buhl] / əˈdrɛs ə bəl /

adjective

1. capable of being addressed.

2. Television. (of a cable-TV system) capable of addressing or calling up any available channel.

3. Computers. (of stored information) capable of being accessed.

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addressable British  

/ əˈdrɛsəbəl /

adjective

1. computing possessing or capable of being reached by an address

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Other Word Forms

• addressability noun

Etymology

Origin of addressable

First recorded in 1950–55; address + -able

Example Sentences

“If you can’t also capture pescetarians or just regular old omnivores, that limits the total addressable market,” he said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 12, 2026

Amid what the analyst describes as an “AI-driven transformation of the data center,” the total addressable market for optics is expanding “well beyond Coherent’s incumbency in the traditional pluggable transceiver market.”

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

Sysco estimates it to be a $60 billion to $70 billion addressable market.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

Its total addressable market expansion in mid-2025 and commentary around bookings growth on the latest earnings call mark a shift from recovery to what Visser described as “compounding acceleration”

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

The assumption that bits and addressable units within an object      are ordered in the same way and that this order is a constant of      nature.

From The Jargon File, Version 4.0.0, 24 Jul 1996 by Raymond, Eric S.