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Please use this tag in the context the teaching of computer science, where a variable may be thought of as a storage location paired with an identifier (a name) which holds a value that can be retrieved by referencing the name. Do not use in the context of mathematics, where a variable is an unknown to be solved for.
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How to explain the concept of a variable to a 9-year old?
The issue is that a variable is not just one thing -- it can do a variety of things -- and also, that variables do not exist in nature. … A collection of similar variables can be put together in an Array, and then a variable used to index through the array. …
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