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{{Short description|Keyword used in some programming languages to tag variables}}

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In [[computer programming]], a [[ValueVariable (computer science)|valuevariable]] is said to be '''''volatile''''' if itits [[Value (computer science)|value]] can be read or modified asynchronously by something other than the current [[thread (computing)|thread of execution]].

The value of a <code>volatile</code> variable may spontaneously change for reasons such as:

sharing values with other threads;