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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
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volatile variable

Summary

volatile variable is a type qualifier[1]. It draws 60 Wikipedia views per month (type_qualifier category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • volatile variable's instance of is recorded as type qualifier[3].
  • volatile variable's subclass of is recorded as assignable variable[4].
  • volatile variable's has use is recorded as memory-mapped I/O[5].
  • volatile variable's has use is recorded as multithreading[6].
  • volatile variable's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03s51p[7].
  • volatile variable's facet of is recorded as compiler optimization[8].
  • volatile variable's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 64928576[9].
  • volatile variable's ScienceDirect topic ID is recorded as computer-science/volatile-keyword[10].
  • volatile variable's FOLDOC ID is recorded as volatile+variable[11].

Why It Matters

volatile variable draws 60 Wikipedia views per month (type_qualifier category, ranking #1 of 1).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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