A blood glucose test measures the amount of a sugar called glucose in a sample of your blood. Glucose is a major source of energy for most cells of the body, including brain cells. Carbohydrates are found in fruit, cereal, bread, pasta, and rice. They are quickly turned into glucose in your body.
A binary variable is the same thing as a â bit â in computer science or a âtruth valueâ in mathematical logic. They are basically different names for the same thing, much like statisticians call a Bell curve a â Normal Distribution â and physicists call it a â Gaussian distribution .â.
Global variable. In computer programming, a global variable is a variable with global scope, meaning that it is visible (hence accessible) throughout the program, unless shadowed. The set of all global variables is known as the global environment or global state.