| Subject | English | Chinese simplified |
| comp., MS | backing variable | 后备变量 (A private variable that holds the value of a property. The property's Get and Set procedures access the backing field) |
| comp., MS | configuration variable | 配置变量 (A variable that specifies a testing requirement, such as a hardware or software requirement. Each configuration variable has a set of allowable values associated with it.) |
| comp., MS | custom variable | 自定义变量 (A variable provided by package developers) |
| comp., MS | environment variable | 环境变量 (One of a set of dynamic values maintained by the operating system that provides configuration and status information) |
| comp., MS | global variable | 全局变量 (A variable that is accessible from anywhere in a program) |
| comp., MS | implicitly typed local variable | 隐式类型本地变量 (A local variable whose type is inferred from the expression that initializes the variable) |
| comp., MS | initialization variable | 初始化变量 (" A variable whose value determines a desired behavior. For example, "Append_EOL Initialization Variable" specifies Yes if all text files must end with an end-of-line character, and No (default) if an end-of-line character is not needed for text files.") |
| comp., MS | module-level variable | 模块级变量 (A variable that's declared in the Declarations section of a module by using the Private keyword. These variables are available to all procedures in the module) |
| comp., MS | object variable | 对象变量 (A variable that contains a reference to an object) |
| comp., MS | procedure-level variable | 过程级变量 (A variable that is declared within a procedure. Procedure-level variables are always private to the procedure in which they are declared) |
| comp., MS | public variable | 公共变量 (A variable you declare with the Public keyword in the Declarations section of a module. A public variable can be shared by all the procedures in every module in a database) |
| comp., MS | query variable | 查询变量 (A variable that stores a query, as opposed to the results of a query) |
| comp., MS | range variable | 范围变量 (A variable that provides access to each element in a sequence in a LINQ query) |
| comp., MS | splatted variable (A variable passed as a command argument where the variable sigil "$" has been replaced with " | splat 变量 |
| comp., MS | system variable | 系统变量 (A variable provided by DTS) |
| comp., MS | variable award | 可变奖 (An individual provision of some form of variable compensation) |
| comp., MS | variable bit rate | 可变比特率 (A characteristic of a data stream in which the bit rate fluctuates, depending upon the complexity of the data) |
| comp., MS | variable compensation | 可变薪酬 (Compensation, contingent on discretion, performance, or results, that is awarded to an employee by an organization) |
| comp., MS | variable consumption | 可变消耗 (Specification that the volume or quantity of a component used in a finished item is proportional to the number of items produced or reported as finished) |
| comp., MS | variable cost | 可变成本 (A cost that varies based on production or sales volume) |
| comp., MS | variable grid | 可变网格 (Grid lines that change as you change the magnification of a drawing. When you zoom in, grid lines are closer together. When you zoom out, grid lines are farther apart) |
| comp., MS | variable initializer | 变量初始值设定项 (An assignment statement that is executed when the variable's class is initialized) |
| comp., MS | variable material consumption | 可变材料消耗 (The time-based quantity of material resource to be used in an assignment. A variable consumption indicates that the amount of material that is used changes if the task duration or assignment length changes) |