"superglobal" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: superglobals [plural]
Etymology: super- + global Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|super|global}} super- + global Head templates: {{en-noun}} superglobal (plural superglobals)
  1. (computing, programming, in the PHP programming language) Any of a set of special predefined variables that can be accessed at any point in a program without the need to be explicitly declared as global. Categories (topical): Computing, Programming

Inflected forms

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