defReturned

defReturned is a term that sometimes appears in programming contexts, particularly in discussions related to return values of functions or methods. It is not a standard or universally recognized programming keyword or concept. Instead, it is likely a descriptive identifier chosen by a programmer to represent a variable or a piece of data that holds the value returned by a function.

When a function in many programming languages is executed, it can optionally produce a value that is sent back to the part of the code that called it. This value is known as the return value. A programmer might use a variable name like defReturned to store this specific returned value for later use within the calling code. For example, if a function `calculate_sum(a, b)` returns the sum of two numbers, the code calling it might look like: `result = calculate_sum(5, 3)`. In this instance, `result` is a variable holding the returned value. If the programmer had chosen a more verbose name, it might be `defReturned = calculate_sum(5, 3)`.

The use of such a name indicates an intention to clearly document what the variable represents – the outcome of a function's execution. While descriptive variable names are generally encouraged for code readability, the specific choice of "defReturned" is unconventional and would be specific to a particular codebase or individual programmer's style. It is not a part of any established programming language syntax or convention.