* VARIABLE ( 'name' -- ) CREATE a new variable, so that everytime the variable is name, the address is returned for using with @ and ! - be aware that in FIG-forth VARIABLE did take an argument being the initial value. ANSI-forth does different here.
VARIABLE
( 'name' -- )
CREATE
@
!
FORTH/ANS core (dpANS.6.1.2410) defining primitive