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title: "What is the meaning of Immutable?"  
description: "What is the meaning of Immutable?"  
author: "Tarun Kumar"  
published: 2017-11-14  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/30517/what-is-the-meaning-of-immutable  
category: "programming"  
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# What is the meaning of Immutable?

What is the meaning of [Immutable](https://www.mindstick.com/interview/2224/what-do-you-mean-by-string-objects-are-immutable)?

## Answers

### Answer by Arti Mishra

**"Immutable"** Simply Immutable means **"can't be modified"**. In terms of programming, **immutable object is those objects whose** **state cannot be modified after it is created.** In another way **"mutable"** object are those objects which can be **modified after it is created.** One of the most important **feature of immutable objects is to improve the readability and runtime efficiency** of object-oriented programming languages.


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