| Subject | English | Chinese simplified |
| comp., MS | splatted variable (A variable passed as a command argument where the variable sigil "$" has been replaced with " | splat 变量 |
| 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) |