bound variable

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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.

Antonyms

• free variable

Related terms

• variable binding

Translations

variable that has an allocated storage location

Chinese: Mandarin: 約束變量 / 约束变量 (yuēshù biànliàng), 約束變數 / 约束变数 (yuēshù biànshù) Czech: vázaná proměnná f French: variable liée (fr) f German: gebundene Variable f Japanese: 束縛変数 (そくばくへんすう, sokubaku hensū), 束縛変項 (そくばくへんこう, sokubaku henkō) Russian: свя́занная переме́нная f (svjázannaja pereménnaja)

in logic

Czech: vázaná proměnná f Italian: (Peano) variabile apparente f Swedish: bunden variabel