👉 In computer programming, a "dangling" variable is one that does not have an associated value assigned to it. This means that when you attempt to access or modify the variable later in your program, you will get a runtime error because there is no meaningful data stored on the variable. For example, consider the following code: ```python x = 5 print(x) # Outputs: 5 # Now try accessing x: x += 10 # This would throw