"access specifier" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: access specifiers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} access specifier (plural access specifiers)
  1. (software, object-oriented programming) A keyword applied to a variable, method, etc. that indicates which other parts of the program are permitted to access it. Categories (topical): Object-oriented programming, Software Synonyms: access modifier Hypernyms: private, protected, public Translations (Translations): näkyvyysmääre (Finnish), modificateur d’accès [masculine] (French), Zugriffsmodifikator [masculine] (German), τροποποιητής πρόσβασης (tropopoiitís prósvasis) [masculine] (Greek), åtkomstmodifierare [common-gender] (Swedish)

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