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scope

region of a computer program where a name binding is valid
Class type of: source code, part of a work Q1034415

Facts

4 properties
Instance of
role
Subclass of
source code, part of a work[2][3]
Part of
source code, run time[4][5]
Different from
context, operational context, operating context, object lifetime[6][7][8][9]
🏷️ Also known as
en programming scope en variable scope en scope of a variable en scope of a name en scope en context en lexical scope ar مجال cs Rozsah platnosti de Sichtbarkeit de Gültigkeitsbereich el εμβέλεια es ámbito es scope fa دامنه fr portée he תחום הכרזה hu hatókör id Ruang Lingkup (ilmu komputer) it visibilità
🔖 Identifiers · 4
OpenAlex ID
C2778012447
Freebase ID
/m/0gsnt
Semantic Scholar topic ID
35299
Stack Exchange tag
langdev.stackexchange.com, softwareengineering.stackexchange.com, stackoverflow.com

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🔗 Connections
Subtypes 3
namespace, dynamic scope, lexical scope
← Different from 3
project scope, context, object lifetime
Different from 2
context, object lifetime
Part of 2
source code, run time
← Has characteristic 2
local variable, name binding
Subclass of 1
source code
← Has use 1
closure
← Partially coincident with 1
object lifetime
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Summary

scope is a role[1].

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  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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