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National Teaching and Learning Change ProgrammeInformation and Communication Technology: Dictionary

variable

The identifier (or name) associated with a particular memory location used to store data. By using a name the programmer can store, retrieve and manipulate data without knowing what the data will be.

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evaluatelong integerconstantfloat typeliteralnumeric typeuser-defined data typevariable typeparameter passingBooleanassignclear variablesdeclare a variabledummy variabledynamic variableenvironment variableglobal variableinitialiselocal variablescopestatic variable
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