"reserved word" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: reserved words [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} reserved word (plural reserved words)
  1. (programming) A string of characters that is a verb, command, or other part of a programming language, and therefore cannot be used as the name of a variable, constant, function, or procedure. Wikipedia link: reserved word Categories (topical): Programming Translations (a word in a programming language that has a fixed meaning): 保留字 (bǎoliúzì) (Chinese Mandarin), varattu sana (Finnish), mot réservé [masculine] (French), reserviertes Wort [neuter] (German), δεσμευμένη λέξη (desmevméni léxi) [neuter] (Greek), 予約語 (yoyakugo) (alt: よやくご) (Japanese), зарезерви́рованное сло́во (zarezervírovannoje slóvo) [neuter] (Russian), ayrılmış sözcük (Turkish), özel sözcük (Turkish)

Inflected forms

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