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<p>In <a href="page.php?w=computer_science">computer science</a> and <a href="page.php?w=software_programming">software programming</a>, a <b>value</b> is the representation of some entity that can be manipulated by a program. The members of a <a href="page.php?w=type_%28computer_science%29">type</a> are the values of that type. </p>

<p>The "value of a variable" is given by the corresponding <a href="page.php?w=Map_%28computer_science%29">mapping</a> in the <a href="page.php?w=environment_%28type_theory%29">environment</a>. In languages with <a href="page.php?w=assignable_variable">assignable variable</a>s,</p><p>
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