Name and Bindings

Variables

Variables can be characterized by 6 attributes:

String of characters used to identify some entity in a program.

The memory address with which it is associated.

Determines the range of values of variables and the set of operations that are defined for values of that type.

The contents of the location with which the variable is associated.

The time during which a variable is bound to a particular memory cell.

The range of statements over which a variable is visible.