"class variable" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: class variables [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} class variable (plural class variables)
  1. (software, object-oriented programming) A member variable that is associated with a class of which a single copy exists. Wikipedia link: class variable Categories (topical): Object-oriented programming, Software Translations (Translations): luokkamuuttuja (Finnish), variable de classe [feminine] (French), Klassenvariable [feminine] (German), μεταβλητή κλάσης (metavlití klásis) [feminine] (Greek), クラス変数 (kurasu hensū) (Japanese), variabilă de clasă [feminine] (Romanian)

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