A system admin has created a script to automate a common task across many servers. The script obtains the latest patch applied to the operating system, then checks to see if there are newer versions available. What software development term describes the item used to store the latest patch data?
In software development a variable is defined in a script or software application to store some sort of data temporarily. In this use case you may have something like $latest_patch_version=3.4.2 where the variable would be $latest_patch_version and the value would be 3.4.2.
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