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Register variable

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registernounA formal recording of names, events, transactions, etc.
variablenoun(programming) A named memory location in which a program can store intermediate results and from which it can read them.
reference variablenoun(computing) A variable used for storing the address of another variable or structure, equivalent to a pointer.
index registernoun(programming) A processor register (or an assigned memory location) used to point to operand addresses during the run of a program, useful for stepping through strings and arrays.
accumulatornoun(literal) One who, or that which, accumulates.
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.
counternounOne who counts.
branch registernounThe register in a CPU which contains the address of the next instruction to be executed or of an instruction to be branched to under certain circumstances
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.
pointernounAnything that points or is used for pointing.
shift registernoun(computing) A register designed to subject data to a shift.
program counternoun(computing, countable) A register that stores the address of the current (or next) instruction to be carried out by the processor.
extern(obsolete, rare) External; outward; not inherent
volatile(economics, finance) Of a price, variable or erratic.
subvariablenounA subset of a variable
constnoun(programming) A variable whose value cannot be changed directly.
relative addressnoun(computer science) The location of something in computer memory expressed as an offset from the value of a register.
subregisternoun(linguistics) A secondary or subsidiary register (style of language).
class variablenoun(software, object-oriented programming) A member variable that is associated with a class of which a single copy exists.
free variablenoun(mathematics, logic) A variable (occurring within some expression or well-formed formula) which is not bound by a quantifier or analogous symbol (such as a lambda abstractor, the "differential d" near the end of an integral or differential form, or a summation symbol).

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