global

B2 · Upper Intermediate Academic

adj. considering all parts of something together; total.

adj. pertaining to the whole of a system, collection, or set of circumstances rather than specific parts.

“The manager took a global view of the project to see how the different teams fit together.”

“The report provides a global assessment of the company's performance, accounting for both financial metrics and internal cultural shifts.”

C1 · Advanced Computing Technical

adj. in computer programming, something that can be used anywhere in the code.

adj. accessible from any portion of a program; having a scope that encompasses the entire execution context.

“You should avoid using too many global variables because they can make the code hard to fix.”

“The developer refactored the code to encapsulate state, replacing several global variables with local parameters to improve thread safety.”

C1 · Advanced Countable noun Computing Technical

n. a piece of information in a computer program that can be seen and changed from anywhere.

n. a variable or identifier with global scope within a software application.

“The program crashed because two different functions tried to change the same global at the same time.”

“While globals can simplify data access across disparate modules, they often introduce hidden dependencies that complicate the debugging process.”