# volatile variable

> in some programming languages (C, C++, C#, Java), a variable specially marked to disable optimizations because its value may change between accesses even if it does not appear to be modified; primarily used in hardware access and in threading

**Wikidata**: [Q838108](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q838108)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volatile_(computer_programming))  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/volatile-variable


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