Complete the sentence. Assigning a data value to a variable in a program is referred to as.

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Explanation:

The correct answer to this question is initialization.

When you write a variable in a program,  for example int firstNumber. The integer variable firstNumber is declaring in the program.

when you assign a data value to a variable in a program is referred to as initialization. for example:

firstNumber=10;

You can declare and initialize the variable in one statement such as:

int firstNumber=10;