Why do variable names often start with the letter 'm'?

Kallja picture Kallja · Nov 21, 2010 · Viewed 85.4k times · Source

Looking at the Android tutorials such as the Notepad tutorial, I noticed that almost all variables are named starting with the letter 'm'. What convention is this, and where does it originate from?

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Matthew Flaschen picture Matthew Flaschen · Nov 21, 2010

It stands for member. I personally find this convention unhelpful, but it's subjective.