👉 In programming, a "var" keyword is used to denote local variables. It is similar to a variable in mathematics but is defined within a single statement or block of code. For example: ```python x = 5 y = 10 print(x) # Output: 5 ``` This creates two variables, `x` and `y`, both with the value of 5. In Python, you can also use parentheses to define a local variable within a block