bound variable

English

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