| English | French |
| array variable | variable de matrice (A variable that can contain a series of values) |
| automatic variable | variable automatique (A shell variable that is always available as part of a Monad session ($?, $true, etc)) |
| backing variable | variable de stockage (A private variable that holds the value of a property. The property's Get and Set procedures access the backing field) |
| configuration variable | variable de configuration (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.) |
| custom variable | variable personnalisée (A variable provided by package developers) |
| environment variable | variable d'environnement (One of a set of dynamic values maintained by the operating system that provides configuration and status information) |
| global variable | variable globale (A variable that is accessible from anywhere in a program) |
| implicitly typed local variable | variable locale implicitement typée (A local variable whose type is inferred from the expression that initializes the variable) |
| initialization variable | variable d'initialisation (" 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.") |
| module-level variable | variable au niveau du module (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) |
| object variable | variable objet (A variable that contains a reference to an object) |
| preference variable | variable de préférence (A variable that customizes the behavior of Windows PowerShell) |
| procedure-level variable | variable de niveau procédure (A variable that is declared within a procedure. Procedure-level variables are always private to the procedure in which they are declared) |
| public variable | variable publique (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) |
| query variable | variable de requête (A variable that stores a query, as opposed to the results of a query) |
| range variable | variable de portée (A variable that provides access to each element in a sequence in a LINQ query) |
| splatted variable (A variable passed as a command argument where the variable sigil "$" has been replaced with " | variable projetée |
| system variable | variable système (A variable provided by DTS) |
| variable award | prime variable (An individual provision of some form of variable compensation) |
| variable bit rate | vitesse de transmission variable (A characteristic of a data stream in which the bit rate fluctuates, depending upon the complexity of the data) |
| variable compensation | rémunération variable (Compensation, contingent on discretion, performance, or results, that is awarded to an employee by an organization) |
| variable consumption | consommation variable (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) |
| variable cost | coût variable (A cost that varies based on production or sales volume) |
| variable grid | grille variable (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) |
| variable initializer | initialiseur de variable (An assignment statement that is executed when the variable's class is initialized) |
| variable-length field | champ de longueur variable (In a record, a field that can vary in length according to how much data it contains) |
| variable material consumption | consommation variable de matériel (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) |
