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House Symbol in LabVIEW?

What does the house symbol next to variables in LabVIEW mean? e.g. See below:

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Solution

  • This means "local" - because it is visible and usable in the current VI scope (kind of a "house" or "home" for that variable). If you check icon of Global variables, they have icon of a "globe" - thus it means that their accessibility scope is the entire application.