<s>
In	O
object-oriented	B-Language
programming	I-Language
,	O
a	O
member	B-Application
variable	I-Application
(	O
sometimes	O
called	O
a	O
member	B-Application
field	I-Application
)	O
is	O
a	O
variable	O
that	O
is	O
associated	O
with	O
a	O
specific	O
object	O
,	O
and	O
accessible	O
for	O
all	O
its	O
methods	B-Language
(	O
member	O
functions	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
class-based	B-Application
programming	I-Application
languages	O
,	O
these	O
are	O
distinguished	O
into	O
two	O
types	O
:	O
class	B-Application
variables	I-Application
(	O
also	O
called	O
static	O
member	B-Application
variables	I-Application
)	O
,	O
where	O
only	O
one	O
copy	O
of	O
the	O
variable	O
is	O
shared	O
with	O
all	O
instances	O
of	O
the	O
class	O
;	O
and	O
instance	B-Application
variables	I-Application
,	O
where	O
each	O
instance	O
of	O
the	O
class	O
has	O
its	O
own	O
independent	O
copy	O
of	O
the	O
variable	O
.	O
</s>
