What is it?

[Cliff Joslyn]

In class, when I say "every X has a type, value, scope, extent, and
linkage", what is X? I'd say "data object" but "object" has been taken. 
"Object or lvalue" isn't workable.  What about "data thing", "piece of
data"?
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