Functional programming languages usually don't allow changing the immediate value of locals once they've been initialized, unless they're explicitly marked as being mutable.
Your local is a pub which is near where you live and where you often go for a drink. The Black Horse is my local
Something connected to, or a service provided by, the piece of equipment you are sitting in front of i e you do not need to use a network in order to use the facility
in close physical proximity and joined together, but may be joined to a wider area network via some sort of server or router /gateway A relative term, since UCDNet as a whole is a "local" network relative to the Internet as a whole, but the Olson computer classroom is a Local Area Network (LAN) relative to UCDNet
The term 'local' refers to your immediate computer environment In other words the facilities to hand that are not on a network
public transport consisting of a bus or train that stops at all stations or stops; "the local seemed to take forever to get to New York" relating to or applicable to or concerned with the administration of a city or town or district rather than a larger area; "local taxes"; "local authorities" affecting only a restricted part or area of the body; "local anesthesia" of or belonging to or characteristic of a particular locality or neighborhood; "local customs"; "local schools"; "the local citizens"; "a local point of view"; "local outbreaks of flu"; "a local bus line
(1) In programming languages, pertaining to the relationship between a language object and a block, such that the language object has a scope contained in that block I (2) Pertaining to that which is defined and used only in one subdivision of a computer program ANSI
A train which receives and deposits passengers or freight along the line of the road; a train for the accommodation of a certain district
Local means "in effect only in a particular context"; the relevant kind of context is a particular function execution, a particular buffer, or a particular major mode It is the opposite of `global' (q v ) Specific uses of `local' in Emacs terminology appear below
Independent trader who trades her or his own money on the floor of the exchanges Some locals act as brokers as well, but are subject to certain rules that protect customer orders
limited to a particular place, as in: The local people were amazed at the number of visitors to their town
A member of a U S exchange who trades for his own account and/or fills orders for customers and whose activities provide market liquidity See Floor Trader
Local means existing in or belonging to the area where you live, or to the area that you are talking about. We'd better check on the match in the local paper Some local residents joined the students' protest I was going to pop up to the local library. The locals are local people. That's what the locals call the place. + locally lo·cal·ly We've got cards which are drawn and printed and designed by someone locally
Local means `in effect only in a particular context'; the relevant kind of context is a particular function execution, a particular buffer, or a particular major mode It is the opposite of `global' (q v ) Specific uses of `local' in Emacs terminology appear below
A group existing only at UB and/or local schools, not affiliated with a National organization