scope

A language's scope rules determine how widely variables, methods and classes are visible within a class or program. Local variables have a scope limited to the block in which they are defined, for instance. Private methods and variables have class scope, limiting their accessibility to their defining class. Java provides private, package, protected and public visibility.

A characteristic of an identifier that determines where the identifier can be used. Most identifiers in the Java programming environment have either class or local scope. Instance and class variables and methods have class scope; they can be used outside the class and its subclasses only by prefixing them with an instance of the class or (for class variables and methods) with the class name. All other variables are declared within methods and have local scope; they can be used only within the enclosing block.

what is included - as in the scope of a claim

The range and depth of a search on the dashboard site. For example, when searching for the term "fiscal reports," you can narrow the scope of your search to a particular category such as Earnings. See also: depth

How far away you can see a variable from, looking through one. Perl has two visibility mechanisms: it does "dynamic scoping" of local variables, meaning that the rest of the "block", and any subroutines that are called by the rest of the block, can see the variables that are local to the block. Perl does "lexical scoping" of my variables, meaning that the rest of the block can see the variable, but other subroutines called by the block cannot see the variable.

A group of related URIs that is used to define the range of a search request.