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User-definable variable associated with each running process in many operating systems
An environment variable is a user-definable value that can affect the way running processes will behave on a computer. Environment variables are part of the environment in which a process runs. For example, a running process can query the value of the TEMP environment variable to discover a suitable location to store temporary files, or the HOME or USERPROFILE variable to find the directory structure owned by the user running the process. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Environment variableA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: A Variable Speed Limit Control Based on Variable Cell Transmission Model in the Connecting Traffic EnvironmentInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: The flexible workplaceThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Sex ratio evolution in a variable environmentCited 493 times
- Go sideways: Working directoryA closely related topic
- Go sideways: COMMAND.COMA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun A variable used to configure the operating system environment.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Sex ratio evolution in a variable environment
Coexistence in a Variable Environment
Evolution in a Variable Environment
Canalization Versus Developmental Conversion in a Spatially Variable Environment
CHOICE IN A VARIABLE ENVIRONMENT: EVERY REINFORCER COUNTS
On economically tracking a variable environment
INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLE ESTIMATION IN A DATA RICH ENVIRONMENT
Selection for Iteroparity in a Variable Environment
🆕 Influential since 2022
A Variable Speed Limit Control Based on Variable Cell Transmission Model in the Connecting Traffic Environment
Robust Bayesian Variable Selection for Gene–Environment Interactions
Continuous-variable entanglement dynamics in Lorentzian environment
Adaptive crack damage identification based on multi-scale sample entropy under variable temperature environment
Measurement of Corona Discharges under Variable Geometry, Frequency and Pressure Environment
📚 Books worth reading
The flexible workplaceChristine Avery · 2000
Making connectionsRenate Nummela Caine · 1991- 📕Intraseasonal and interannual variability of Mars' present climateJeffery L. Hollingsworth · 1996
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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