"environment variable" meaning in English

See environment variable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: environment variables [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} environment variable (plural environment variables)
  1. (computing) A variable used to configure the operating system environment. Wikipedia link: environment variable Categories (topical): Computing Translations (Translations): ympäristömuuttuja (Finnish), variable d’environnement [feminine] (French), Umgebungsvariable (German), variável de ambiente [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-environment_variable-en-noun-Gkv3HMbW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Inflected forms

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