Abbreviation for statement local variable.
statement local variable. A variable for storing a value that a function returns indirectly (through a pointer), in addition to the value that the function returns directly. An SLV's scope is limited to the statement in which it is used.
A localization vendor who works in a single target language. Several SLVs may be involved as subcontractors in a project of localization to multiple languages. Usually an SLV is resident in the native country of the target language. See also Multi-Language Vendor.