ENVIRONMENT VARIABLE

Domain	Definition
Computing	Environment variable A variable that is bound in the current environment. When evaluating an expression in some environment, the evaluation of a variable consists of looking up its name in the environment and substituting its value. Most programming languages have some concept of an environment but in Unix shell scripts it has a specific meaning slightly different from other contexts. In shell scripts, environment variables are one kind of shell variable. They differ from local variables and command line arguments in that they are inheritted by a child process. Examples are the PATH variable that tells the shell the file system paths to search to find command executables and the TZ variable which contains the local time zone. The variable called "SHELL" specifies the type of shell being used. These variables are used by commands or shell scripts to discover things about the environment they are operating in. Environment variables can be changed or created by the user or a program. To see a list of environment variables type "setenv" at the csh or tcsh prompt or "set" at the sh, bash, jsh or ksh prompt. In other programming languages, e.g. functional programming languages, the environment is extended with new bindings when a function's parameters are bound to its actual arguments or when new variables are declared. In a block-structured procedural language, the environment usually consists of a linked list of activation records. (1999-01-26). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.
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Expression: ENVIRONMENT VARIABLE

Frequency of Internet Keywords: ENVIRONMENT VARIABLE

Modern Translation: ENVIRONMENT VARIABLE

Language		Translations for "ENVIRONMENT VARIABLE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		variabel i DOS/OS2-miljø (DOS/OS2 environment variable). (various references)

Dutch		DOS/OS2-omgevingvariabele (DOS/OS2 environment variable). (various references)

Finnish		DOS/OS2-ympäristömuuttuja (DOS/OS2 environment variable). (various references)

French		variable d'environnement DOS/OS2 (DOS/OS2 environment variable). (various references)

German		DOS/OS2-Umgebungsvariable (DOS/OS2 environment variable). (various references)

Greek		μεταβλητή περιβάλλοντος DOS/OS2 (DOS/OS2 environment variable). (various references)

Italian		variabile d'ambiente DOS/OS2 (DOS/OS2 environment variable). (various references)

Pig Latin		environmentay ariablevay

Portuguese		variável de ambiente DOS ou OS2 (DOS/OS2 environment variable). (various references)

Spanish		variable de entorno DOS/OS2 (DOS/OS2 environment variable). (various references)

Swedish		miljövariabel i DOS/OS2 (DOS/OS2 environment variable). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Alternative Orthography: ENVIRONMENT VARIABLE

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

45 4E 56 49 52 4F 4E 4D 45 4E 54 56 41 52 49 41 42 4C 45

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000101 01001110 01010110 01001001 01010010 01001111 01001110 01001101 01000101 01001110 01010100 00100000 01010110 01000001 01010010 01001001 01000001 01000010 01001100 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#69 &#78 &#86 &#73 &#82 &#79 &#78 &#77 &#69 &#78 &#84 &#32 &#86 &#65 &#82 &#73 &#65 &#66 &#76 &#69

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 004E 0056 0049 0052 004F 004E 004D 0045 004E 0054 0056 0041 0052 0049 0041 0042 004C 0045

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

Expression	Frequency per Day
environment variable	20
environment variable window	9
perl environment variable	7
2000 environment variable window	4
dos environment variable	4
unix environment variable	3
cgi environment variable	3
display environment variable	3
java script environment variable	3
environment variable window xp	2
98 environment variable window	2
environment variable xp	2
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ENVIRONMENT VARIABLE

Specialty Definition: ENVIRONMENT VARIABLE

Computing

Crosswords: ENVIRONMENT VARIABLE

Expression: ENVIRONMENT VARIABLE

Frequency of Internet Keywords: ENVIRONMENT VARIABLE

environment variable

environment variable window

perl environment variable

2000 environment variable window

dos environment variable

unix environment variable

cgi environment variable

display environment variable

java script environment variable

environment variable window xp

98 environment variable window

environment variable xp

Modern Translation: ENVIRONMENT VARIABLE

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Alternative Orthography: ENVIRONMENT VARIABLE

45 4E 56 49 52 4F 4E 4D 45 4E 54 56 41 52 49 41 42 4C 45

01000101 01001110 01010110 01001001 01010010 01001111 01001110 01001101 01000101 01001110 01010100 00100000 01010110 01000001 01010010 01001001 01000001 01000010 01001100 01000101

&#69 &#78 &#86 &#73 &#82 &#79 &#78 &#77 &#69 &#78 &#84 &#32 &#86 &#65 &#82 &#73 &#65 &#66 &#76 &#69

0045 004E 0056 0049 0052 004F 004E 004D 0045 004E 0054 0056 0041 0052 0049 0041 0042 004C 0045

394856435249484739485425635524335364639

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Expression using "ENVIRONMENT VARIABLE": DOS/OS2 environment variable. Additional references.
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