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Constant

Meaning in software engineering, with examples

nounCommon term

In software engineering, constant means: A named value or binding that cannot be reassigned after initialization under the rules of the programming language.

In Turkish: sabit

How it is used

Used for fixed settings and values that should not be reassigned. In some languages a constant binding can still refer to a mutable object.

Example sentences

  1. Store the maximum retry count in a constant near the client configuration.

  2. This constant prevents reassignment, but the object it references is still mutable.

Common collocations

  • declare a constant
  • compile-time constant
  • constant value
  • variableA name in a program that stores a value, such as a number, text or list, so that the code can use or change that value later.
  • immutableDescribing a value or object whose state cannot be changed after it has been created.
  • mutableDescribing a value or object whose state can be changed after it has been created.

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