Adatavar

Adatavar is a term that may appear in some educational materials and discussions about data models and programming, but it is not a standard term in established reference works. In these contexts, adatavar is used as a generic label for a single data value stored within a structure, similar to a variable, data field, or attribute. The exact meaning depends on the author, but common threads describe adatavar as having a name, a data type, and optional constraints or metadata.

In data modeling, an adatavar may be treated as a data element that participates in an entity or object. In programming tutorials, it is often used to illustrate basic concepts such as type, scope, and assignment, with examples like an adatavar named "temperature" of type floating point and unit degrees Celsius.

Because the term is not standardized, it can be encountered in varied forms, including as a didactic placeholder in diagrams, code samples, or schema descriptions. It is distinct from formal terminology such as data variable, data field, or attribute, though it serves a similar role in illustrating single values and their properties.

See also: data variable, data element, attribute, field, data model.

Notes: If you encounter adatavar in a text, the precise meaning should be inferred from context, as there is no universally accepted definition.