<doc>
	<legacy_id>214</legacy_id>
	<term>variable</term>
	<definition><p>A <glossary tag="container">container</glossary> in memory. You can put data of any kind into a variable, and read its contents.</p>
<p></p>
<p>Unlike other <glossary tag="container">containers</glossary>, variables are not permanent. A <glossary tag="local variable">local variable's</glossary> existence ends when the <glossary tag="handler">handler</glossary> stops; a <glossary tag="global">global variable's</glossary> existence ends when you quit the <glossary tag="application">application</glossary>.</p></definition>
	<categories>
	 	<category>Values &amp; Properties</category>
	</categories>
	<synonyms>
	 	<synonym>variables</synonym>
	 	<synonym>variable's</synonym>
	 	<synonym>variables'</synonym>
	 	<synonym>variable</synonym>
	 	<synonym>var</synonym>
	 	<synonym>var's</synonym>
	 	<synonym>var'</synonym>
	 	<synonym>vars</synonym>
	</synonyms>
</doc>