environment variable
Computing
noun
A variable used to describe some property of a particular environment, which is stored by the operating system and which can be accessed by any process which requires it.
Origin
1980s.
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- retransformation
- retransfuse
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- retranslation
- retransmission
- retransmissive
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- retransmute
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- retransportation
- retravel
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- retravirus
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