Assign

Definition

Assigning refers to the act of assigning or associating a value or object to a variable or reference. It establishes a connection between them.

Related terms

Initialization:

The act of assigning an initial value to a variable/reference at the time of declaration.

Pass-by-value vs. Pass-by-reference: Different ways variables/references are passed into methods, affecting how modifications inside methods reflect outside.

Type Casting/Conversion: Changing an entity from one data type to another, often involving assigning compatible types.