reserved word

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reserved word

noun reserved words

  1. A string of characters that is a verb, command, or other part of a programming language, and therefore cannot be used as the name of a variable, constant, function, or procedure.

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noun a word in a programming language that has a fixed meaning

日本語予約語 yoyakugo
中文保留字 bǎoliúzì
Françaismot réservé
Deutschreserviertes Wort
Ελληνικάδεσμευμένη λέξη desmevméni léxi
Русскийзарезерви́рованное сло́во zarezervírovannoje slóvo

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@misc{reserved_word_2026,
  title = {reserved word},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/reserved%20word},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}