reserved word

Definitions

Computing

• noun a word or phrase used as an identifier in a programming language. It performs a particular operation or instruction and so cannot be used for other purposes by the programmer or user.

Electronics

• A word, such as a command, which has a special meaning in a program, programming language, or other setting, and whose use is restricted or not allowed. Also called keyword (3).

Nearby Definitions of “reserved word”

• rent
• repertory or repertoire or rep
• reply
• report
• reserve
• reserved word
• resident theatre or regional theatre or repertory theatre
• resin
• resistance
• resolution
• resonance

Contexts for “reserved word”

2 definitions in context
• Computing
• Electronics