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<h2><a href="r5rs-Z-H-2.html#%_toc_%_sec_3.1">3.1&nbsp;&nbsp;Variables, syntactic keywords, and regions</a></h2>
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An identifier<a name="%_idx_26"></a> may name a type of syntax, or it may name
a location where a value can be stored.  An identifier that names a type
of syntax is called a <em>syntactic keyword</em><a name="%_idx_28"></a>
and is said to be <em>bound</em> to that syntax.  An identifier that names a
location is called a <em>variable</em><a name="%_idx_30"></a> and