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What's the word for when you implement a variable?

I'm sorry it's a bit of a simple question. I just can't seem to remember the word.

It's not implement, assign, or pass.

I tried reading a few lists of IT and programming phrases. There were a lot of buzzwords but I'm not any closer to the word I'm looking for.

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    Do you mean declare?
    – alphabet
    Mar 22 at 20:35
  • Why would this be closed as opinion based? If the definition of words are simply opinion based, dictionaries would be collections of opinion polls.
    – jimm101
    Mar 25 at 14:28
  • As a newcomer to the site you should have been welcomed and encouraged, not treated rather dismissively. Such a question would normally be closed because you did not reveal any prior research such as the definitions of the other words and why they do not fit. Nor did you give an example sentence in which the word is missing. But as a newcomer you should have been guided, not dismissed. Those who think your question a matter of opinion may not know the mathematical or computational use of “declare”. I therefore vote to reopen.
    – Anton
    Mar 25 at 15:13
  • This certainly should never have been closed as opinion-based. Rather, it needs a definition of what "implementation" entails; that would allow people not to guess but to provide the term for the process you describe. You should also show your research, so others don't repeat what you already know. I'm surprised you didn't find declare when looking up words relating to variables.
    – Andrew Leach ♦
    Mar 25 at 15:46

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As mentioned in my comment above, the word the asker was looking for is declare. See the relevant Wikipedia article on the concept of "declaration" in programming.

A quote from the above, with some minor changes in square brackets:

In computer programming, a declaration is a language construct specifying identifier properties: it declares a word's (identifier's) meaning. Declarations are most commonly used for functions, variables, constants, and classes, but can also be used for other entities such as enumerations and type definitions. [...]

A declaration is used to announce the existence of the entity to the compiler [or interpreter]; this is important in those strongly typed languages that require functions, variables, and constants, and their types to be specified with [declarations.]

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  • Please take a moment to summarise external resources here. Relevant post. There is no guarantee that a future Wikipedia will say what it does now (or even what it did when you posted the link).
    – Andrew Leach ♦
    Mar 25 at 15:48
  • @AndrewLeach Edited; let me know if the above remains insufficient.
    – alphabet
    Mar 25 at 16:15

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