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-**Binding Variable** - A simulator variable which is linked to two different variables from the calibrator: one which is used when the model is run over simulation time, and a different one for historical time. The //History// tab of the //Variable Information//​ dialogue is where these links are configured. Binding variables are often base-year variables. Also note that binding variables are //fixed// - their values cannot be set from within a simulator framework - but not all //fixed// variables are binding. See the definition of //fixed// variables.+**Binding Variable** - A simulator variable which is linked to two different variables from the calibrator: one which is used when the model is run over simulation time, and a different one for historical time. Binding variables are often base-year variables. Also note that binding variables are //fixed// - their values cannot be set from within a simulator framework - but not all //fixed// variables are binding. See the definition of //fixed// variables.
  
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 **Exogenous (variable)** - Data is not calculated within the model, instead is provided by the user/​controller. ​ See Also: Control Variable **Exogenous (variable)** - Data is not calculated within the model, instead is provided by the user/​controller. ​ See Also: Control Variable
  
-**Extensive (variable)** - property of a system that does depend on the system size or the amount of material in the system. [[http://​en.wikipedia.org/​wiki/​Intensive_and_extensive_properties]]+**Extensive (variable)** - property of a system that does depend on the system size or the amount of material in the system. [[http://​en.wikipedia.org/​wiki/​Intensive_and_extensive_properties|Wikipedia page for intensive and extensive properties.]]
  
  
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 **Framework Variable** - A variable used in more than one calculator (i.e. across the framework). In model diagrams these variables are identifiable by their yellow connectivity tags. **Framework Variable** - A variable used in more than one calculator (i.e. across the framework). In model diagrams these variables are identifiable by their yellow connectivity tags.
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 +**Gross Output (GO)** - [[http://​www.forbes.com/​sites/​realspin/​2013/​11/​29/​beyond-gdp-get-ready-for-a-new-way-to-measure-the-economy/​|Forbes article about GO]] and paper describing [[http://​discovery.ucl.ac.uk/​1370604/​1/​wp113.pdf|GDE,​ GO and GDE]].
  
  
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 **Instance** - is a specific set of values or a specific filling of a variable; a variable may have more than one instance; an instantiated variable is an object. ​ **Instance** - is a specific set of values or a specific filling of a variable; a variable may have more than one instance; an instantiated variable is an object. ​
  
-**Intensive** (variable) - is a physical property of a system that does not depend on the system size or the amount of material in the system: it is scale invariant. [[http://​en.wikipedia.org/​wiki/​Intensive_and_extensive_properties]]+**Intensive** (variable) - is a physical property of a system that does not depend on the system size or the amount of material in the system: it is scale invariant. [[http://​en.wikipedia.org/​wiki/​Intensive_and_extensive_properties|Wikipedia page for intensive and extensive properties.]]
  
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