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literal

In programming, any data typed in by the programmer that remains unchanged when translated into machine language. Examples are a constant value used for calculation purposes as well as text messages displayed on screen. In the following lines of code, the literals are 1 and VALUE IS ONE.

     if x = 1
       print "the value is one"
     endif

literal

1. Maths containing or using coefficients and constants represented by letters: ax² + b is a literal expression

2. Publishing a misprint or misspelling in a text

(programming)

literal - A constant made available to a process, by inclusion in the executable text. Most modern systems do not allow texts to modify themselves during execution, so literals are indeed constant; their value is written at compile-time and is read-only at run time.

In contrast, values placed in variables or files and accessed by the process via a symbolic name, can be changed during execution. This may be an asset. For example, messages can be given in a choice of languages by placing the translation in a file.

Literals are used when such modification is not desired. The name of the file mentioned above (not its content), or a physical constant such as 3.14159, might be coded as a literal. Literals can be accessed quickly, a potential advantage of their use.

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No references found	Of all of the female superheroes, Mystique is the only one whose powers manifest fully and visually on the surface of her body, allowing her to change gender, race, and appearance, and literalizing masquerade. "Tone down the boobs, please!" reading the special effect body in ... by Lebel, Sabine / CineAction Some deconstruct or satirize the medium, such as Asco's Instant Mural, 1974, which features Valdez stuck to a wall with broad strips of masking tape, cheekily literalizing the imperative that murals convey "authentic" Chicano self-representation. "Phantom sightings: art after the chicano movement" by Wilson, Julia Bryan- / Artforum International You anticipate some revelation when, about halfway through, he has his building up and running: So far, the obsessions, while narrated with humor, have an atmosphere of masturbation and fetish, literalizing the Freudian observation that neurosis recruits others to re-enact the dramas that define us, in this case in a rhapsody of autism. Re-Enacting a Past Life\'d1With Money by Anna Shapiro / The New York Observer	Lisu Liszt Liszt, Franz Liszt, Franz Von lit fiber lit-par-lit Litani Litani River Litany Litaratura I Mastatstva Litchfield County litchi lite lite version Liteinoe Proizvodstvo Liter liter-atmosphere Literacy Literacy Schools literal literal constant literal expression literal notation literal operand literalism literalizing Literary Criticism literary frauds Literary Fund Literary Hoaxes Literary Language Literary Magazines Literary Museums Literary Sketch Literary Theory and Criticism Literary Translation Literary Type literate programming literati Literatorskie Mostki Literatura I Marksizm Literatura ir Menas Literatura un Maksla Literature Literature, Institute of Literaturna Ukraina Literaturnaia Gazeta Literaturnaia Rossiia Literaturnaia Ucheba Literaturnoe Nasledstvo Literaturnoe Obozrenie	literalises literalises literalises literalising literalising literalising literalism literalism literalist literalist literalist literalistic literalistic Literalists Literalists Literalists Literality Literality Literality Literalization literalize literalize literalize literalized literalized literalized Literalizer literalizes literalizes literalizes literalizing literally literally literally Literally Laughing Out Loud literalness literalness literalness literals literals literals Literarian Award literarily literarily literariness literariness literary literary literary literary Literary & Historical Society Literary agencies literary agent Literary agents Literary Agents and Scouts Centre Literary allusion Literary allusion Literary analysis Literary analysis Literary and Cultural Studies Literary and Historical Society of Quebec

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Of all of the female superheroes, Mystique is the only one whose powers manifest fully and visually on the surface of her body, allowing her to change gender, race, and appearance, and literalizing masquerade.

"Tone down the boobs, please!" reading the special effect body in ... by Lebel, Sabine / CineAction

Some deconstruct or satirize the medium, such as Asco's Instant Mural, 1974, which features Valdez stuck to a wall with broad strips of masking tape, cheekily literalizing the imperative that murals convey "authentic" Chicano self-representation.

"Phantom sightings: art after the chicano movement" by Wilson, Julia Bryan- / Artforum International

You anticipate some revelation when, about halfway through, he has his building up and running: So far, the obsessions, while narrated with humor, have an atmosphere of masturbation and fetish, literalizing the Freudian observation that neurosis recruits others to re-enact the dramas that define us, in this case in a rhapsody of autism.

Re-Enacting a Past Life\'d1With Money by Anna Shapiro / The New York Observer

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