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Free variable

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extern(obsolete, rare) External; outward; not inherent
optionalNot compulsory; left to personal choice; elective.
variablenoun(programming) A named memory location in which a program can store intermediate results and from which it can read them.
externalOutside of something; on the exterior.
variantnounSomething that is slightly different from a type or norm.
volatile(economics, finance) Of a price, variable or erratic.
constnoun(programming) A variable whose value cannot be changed directly.
metasyntactic variablenoun(chiefly programming) A conventional variable name used for an unspecified entity whose exact nature depends on context.
freestorenoun(computing, programming) The heap of available memory.
member variablenoun(software, object-oriented programming) A variable that is associated with each instance of a class and can be accessed from all its methods.
dangling pointernoun(programming) A pointer (variable that holds the address of a memory location) that does not reference a valid object.
macrovariablenoun(computing) A variable that may be modified by or within a macro
discardverb(transitive) To throw away, to reject.
double freenoun(programming) The situation where a program attempts to free a previously allocated resource more than once, potentially resulting in undefined behaviour that may be exploited by an attacker.
reference variablenoun(computing) A variable used for storing the address of another variable or structure, equivalent to a pointer.
register variablenoun(programming) A variable whose value is stored directly in a register for faster access.
pseudovariablenoun(computing) A named value that acts like a variable but is not a true variable.
subvariablenounA subset of a variable
instance variablenoun(software, object-oriented programming) A member variable that is associated with a class for which each object of the class has a separate copy.
upvaluenoun(computing, programming) A free variable that has been bound (closed over) with a closure.

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