globals
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- 1Plural of global.
Experienced developers avoid scattering globals throughout a large codebase.
The script declared several globals at the top of the file.
Note
A programmer's plural. The noun global is the adjective with its noun dropped: a global variable becomes simply a global, an identifier that any part of a program can reach. Only this computing noun takes the -s. The worldwide, total and spherical senses are adjectives and never pluralize, so outside code a phrase like global markets keeps its noun and adds no ending.
globals is a form of global
global, noun: An identifier that is available throughout an entire program. Full entry
- Forms
- globalglobals plural
- Spelling
- global → globals: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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