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Mutable

Meaning in software engineering, with examples

adjectiveCommon term

In software engineering, mutable means: Describing a value or object whose state can be changed after it has been created.

In Turkish: değiştirilebilir

How it is used

Used in discussions about shared state, collections and side effects. Shared mutable data often needs coordination between concurrent operations.

Example sentences

  1. The cache exposes a mutable list that callers can accidentally change.

  2. Avoid sharing this mutable object between worker threads without synchronization.

Common collocations

  • mutable object
  • mutable state
  • mutable collection
  • immutableDescribing a value or object whose state cannot be changed after it has been created.
  • objectA unit in a program that groups related data and the functions that work on it, for example a user object with a name, an email and a login method.
  • stateThe data an app or component holds at a given moment, such as whether a menu is open or what a user has typed, which controls what is shown.

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