"bound variable" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bound variables [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} bound variable (plural bound variables)
  1. (programming) A variable that is associated with a value, and therefore a variable that has an allocated storage location. If the programming language implements a representation of a canonical unknown value, infinity, etc., the value bound to the variable may be one of these. Wikipedia link: Free variables and bound variables Categories (topical): Programming Related terms: variable binding Translations (in logic): vázaná proměnná [feminine] (Czech), (Peano) variabile apparente [feminine] (Italian), bunden variabel (Swedish) Translations (variable that has an allocated storage location): 約束變量 (Chinese Mandarin), 约束变量 (yuēshù biànliàng) (Chinese Mandarin), 約束變數 (Chinese Mandarin), 约束变数 (yuēshù biànshù) (Chinese Mandarin), vázaná proměnná [feminine] (Czech), variable liée [feminine] (French), gebundene Variable [feminine] (German), 束縛変数 (sokubaku hensū) (alt: そくばくへんすう) (Japanese), 束縛変項 (sokubaku henkō) (alt: そくばくへんこう) (Japanese), свя́занная переме́нная (svjázannaja pereménnaja) [feminine] (Russian)

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