1. plural of literal; exact words or phrases as written or spoken, without interpretation
2. in programming, fixed values written directly in code
Usage: computing

Examples

• The translator focused on the literals rather than the meaning.
• She quoted the literals from the original document.
• The code contains several string literals.
• Numeric literals like 42 are hardcoded values.
• The lawyer emphasized the literals of the contract.
• Boolean literals include true and false.
• He memorized the literals of the poem exactly.