immutable
↔ (of entity/variable) content cannot be altered
Value of Primitive is immutable unlike the variable assigned to it
a primitive can't be directly altered however it can be replaced
contrast with
mutable
mutable
(typeof) Variable that can be changed
References
symbol
↔ immutable constant Primitive Value to rep unique Object property keysValue
↔ immutable data saved at Memory AddressReact Element
↔ immutable stateless building blocks of React apps, returned by componentsObject.freeze()
↔ Object Static Method to make Object immutableDocker Container Image
↔ immutable snapshot of Software & Deps-tree down to OS-layer (everything req to run App)