👉 In the context of computer programming, a "picoted" variable is an object that has been assigned to another variable in such a way that it behaves differently when accessed from within the original variable. This can happen because the new value passed into the variable overrides the original value and affects how the variable behaves. For example: ```python # Original variable x = 5 # Assigning a new value y = x + 1 # Accessing the new value print(y