# static variable

> in computer languages, a variable that has been allocated statically so that its lifetime is the entire run of the program (as opposed to shorter-lived automatic variables and dynamically allocated variables)

**Wikidata**: [Q1896011](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1896011)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Static_variable)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/static-variable


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