Temporary variable variable "temp" as follows, so as to preserve the data from "a" as it is being overwritten by "b": Temporary variables are usually named with identifiers that abbreviate the word "temporary", such as "temp", "tmp" or simply "t", or with common metasyntactic variable names, the most common of which are "foo", "bar", "baz" (see also foobar). Computer hardware is designed to exploit the behaviour of temporary data: a cache or register file may contain temporaries internally to a microprocessor, such that they never need to be committed to main memory (hence consuming no external memory bandwidth). Temporary variable In computer
What Is a Nation? What Is a Nation? "What is a Nation?" ("Qu'est-ce qu'une nation?") is an 1882 lecture by French historian Ernest Renan (1823–1892), known for the statements that a nation is "a daily referendum", and that nations are based as much on what the people jointly forget, as what they remember. It is frequently quoted or anthologized in works of history or political science pertaining to nationalism and national identity. Renan wrote "What is a Nation" in order to symbolize the nationalism which was born in France as a result of the French Revolution of 1789. Renan begins his essay by noting