Java Glossary : local variable

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local variable: A variable known only within a method, and then only downstream of where it is defined, and inside any block in which it was defined. Like parameters local variable are stored on the stack and are automatically disappear as soon an the method returs.
local scope ¤ scope ¤ stack

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