Variable (14350 bytes)
1: ...epresents a place where a quantity can be stored. Variables are often contrasted with [[constant]]s, which a...
3: ... experiments. "Dependent variables" or "response variables" are those that are measured and collected as [[...
5: ...kipedia's usages of special variables, see [[Help:Variable]].
8: ... other [[symbol]]s. In [[computer programming]], variables are usually represented by either single letters...
10: ==Why are variables useful?==

Across variable (159 bytes)
1: '''Across variable''' is information which must be measured relative...

Mira variable (2827 bytes)
1: '''Mira variables''' are a class of pulsating [[variable star]]s characterized by very red colors, pulsati...
3: Mira variables are believed to be stars with less than two [[so...
11: Though most Mira variables share many similarities in behavior and structur...
12: they are a heterogeneous class of variables due to differences in age, mass,
17: dimming and brightening. A few Mira variables are also known to be natural

Prognostic variable (202 bytes)
1: A variable that a [[GCM]] predicts by integration of a physi...

Eruptive variable (541 bytes)
1: An '''eruptive variable''' is a [[variable star]] characterised by sudden extreme increases ...
3: There are many different types of eruptive variables, with an enormous range of increases in luminosi...
5: [[Category:Variable stars]]

Irregular variable (315 bytes)
1: ...ptive irregular variables and pulsating irregular variables.
3: [[Category:Variable stars]]
4: [[Category:Irregular variables]]

Uninitialized variable (2972 bytes)
1: ...mputing]], an '''uninitialized variable''' is a [[variable]] that is declared but is not set to a definite k...
3: ... at the time will appear as initial values of the variables which occupy those addresses.
17: ...or may not be true. Note that in the example, the variable i is initialized to zero by the first element of ...
19: ...cible; in some cases, programs with uninitialized variables may even pass SQA.
21: ...ialized variables, or it may issue warnings where variables are actually are initialized before use but only...

Indeterminate (variable) (1032 bytes)
1: ...lved for. An indeterminate is different from a [[variable]], which is solvable, at least conditionally, fr...
3: 1. Let <math>x</math> be a ''variable'' such that

Global variable (1222 bytes)
1: ...#Local_variables, recursion and re-entrancy|local variable]]s. See also, [[scope (programming)|scope]].
3: ...n be used to avoid having to pass frequently-used variables continuously throughout several functions, for e...
5: ...d-only global variable (even though this use of ''variable'' is an [[oxymoron]]). Because a constant, by vir...

Variable pricing (2673 bytes)
1: ...gh the process again. The alternative has been '''variable pricing''', a form of [[price discrimination|firs...
3: Two variants of variable pricing are '''price shading''' (in which sales p...
5: Due to advances in technology, another variant of variable pricing , called '''real time pricing''' ,has ari...
9: ...g practices that could be considered instances of variable pricing. They are [[price skimming]], [[penetrati...

Metasyntactic variable (9230 bytes)
1: ...grammer from having to think up a logically named variable for the topic under discussion.
3: ...algebra]] of ''x'', ''y'' and ''z'' for unknown [[variable]]s, and ''a'', ''b'' and ''c'' for unknown [[cons...
5: Metasyntactic variables are so called because:
6: # they are variables in the [[metalanguage]] used to talk about progr...
7: # they are variables whose values are often variables (as in usages like "the value of ''f''(foo, bar)...

Predicate variable (3329 bytes)
1: ... well-formed formulas of the same logic, and such variables can be quantified by means of (at least) second-...
3: ...be used to define an [[axiom schema]]. Predicate variables should be distinguished from predicate constants...
5: ...the "predicate letters" are actually constants or variables is a subtle point: they are not constants in the...
7: ...tire well-formed formulae of Pred.Calc.: any free variable terms of the ''wff'' could be incorporated as ter...
9: ...quantifiers to be used to bind such propositional variables is a second-order predicate calculus, or [[secon...

Variable cost (1156 bytes)
1: '''Variable costs''' are expenses that change in direct propo...
4: ... This extra spending can therefore be regarded as variable.
10: [[de:Variable Kosten]]

Volatile variable (362 bytes)
1: ...rnally from the declaring object. For example, a variable modified by multiple threads should be declared v...
3: Variables and objects declared as volatile will not be opt...

Instance variable (342 bytes)
1: ...n [[object-oriented programming]], an '''instance variable''' or '''data member''' is the [[data]] [[Informa...
3: See also: [[class variable]], [[field (computer science)|field]], [[instance...

Random variable (11238 bytes)
1: ...ble outcomes { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 }. Another random variable might describe the possible outcomes of picking a...
3: ...dom variable cannot be assigned a value; a random variable does not describe the actual outcome of a particu...
5: ...easy visualisation of the practical use of random variables, their mathematical construction allows mathemat...
9: === Random variables ===
11: ...t of &Omega;. One among the many possible random variables defined on this space is

Diagnostic variable (269 bytes)
1: ...rived for the new timestep after the [[prognostic variable]]s have been calculated, for example vertical win...

Cepheid variable (3592 bytes)
1: ...ariable''' is a member of a particular class of [[variable star]]s, notable for a fairly tight correlation b...
3: ... [[Henrietta Swan Leavitt]] in [[1912]]), Cepheid variables can be used as a [[standard candle]] to determin...
17: The relationship between a Cepheid variable's luminosity and its variability period is quite ...
19: ...e do not know the precise location of the Cepheid variable within the cluster or galaxy. This error is typic...
27: ...n II]] stars, are now usually called [[W Virginis variable]]s, and show a similar behaviour.

Variable star (8906 bytes)
1: ...ty, and these are known as '''variable stars'''. Variable stars may either ''intrinsic'' or ''extrinsic''.
5: ...mplitude]] can be very well established; for many variable stars, though, these quantities may vary slowly o...
7: == Intrinsic variables ==
9: ...ysmic'' (or ''eruptive'') variables. Examples of types within these divisions are given below.
11: ===Pulsating variables===

Intervening variable (1298 bytes)
1: ...between [[independent variable]]s and [[dependent variable]]s.
3: ... hunger, and two between hunger and the dependent variables).
5: ...ans of explaining the relationships between these variables.

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