| Subject | English | Chinese Taiwan |
| comp., MS | backing variable | 支援變數 (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 | 組態變數 (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 | 自訂變數 (A variable provided by package developers) |
| comp., MS | environment variable | 環境變數 (One of a set of dynamic values maintained by the operating system that provides configuration and status information) |
| comp., MS | global variable | 全域變數 (A variable that is accessible from anywhere in a program) |
| comp., MS | implicitly typed local variable | 隱含型別區域變數 (A local variable whose type is inferred from the expression that initializes the variable) |
| comp., MS | initialization variable | 初始設定變數 (" 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 | 模組層級變數 (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 | 物件變數 (A variable that contains a reference to an object) |
| comp., MS | procedure-level variable | 程序層級變數 (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 | 公開變數 (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 | 查詢變數 (A variable that stores a query, as opposed to the results of a query) |
| comp., MS | range variable | 範圍變數 (A variable that provides access to each element in a sequence in a LINQ query) |
| comp., MS | system variable | 系統變數 (A variable provided by DTS) |
| comp., MS | variable grid | 變動格線 (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 | 變數初始設定式 (An assignment statement that is executed when the variable's class is initialized) |
| comp., MS | variable material consumption | 可變材料消耗 (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) |