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tags: ["C"]
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Basically, a technical term from the C standard for anything stored in memory.
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(In practice, interchangeable with 'variable' or 'memory'.)
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Inclusive of variables, structs, [arrays](./Arrays_in_C.md), array entities
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`arr[2]` etc.
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To be distinguished from entities which do not exist in memory such as type
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definitions, [macros](./Macros_in_C.md'), things that are handled by the
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pre-processor.
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Where "memory" can be thought of **anything that survives compilation**.
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They have nothing to do with "complex data types" that we would associate with
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OOP.
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