• Arabic:
• Chinese: 暫時, 战时 (zhànshí)
• Czech: dočasný
• Dutch: tijdelijk
• Finnish: väliaikainen, ohimenevä, hetkellinen (1)
• French: temporaire
• German: zeitweilig, temporär
• Hungarian: ideiglenes
• Italian: temporaneo
• Japanese: 臨時の (りんじの, rinji no)
• Korean: 일시적인 (ilsijeokin)
• Northern Sami: gaskaboddosaš
• Norwegian: midlertidig
• Portuguese: temporário
• Russian: временный
• Serbian: privremeno
• Spanish: temporal
• Swedish: tillfällig, temporär
• Telugu: తాత్కాలికం (taatkaalikaM)

• Finnish: määräaikainen työntekijä

Temporary is a term that denotes a finite period of time, with a defined beginning and an end. It is derived from the Latin temporarius "of seasonal character, lasting a short time," from tempus (gen. temporis) "time, season." It is the opposite of permanent.It can also refer to any of the following:

• In computing:

The term temporary

• • temporary variable
  • temporary file
  • temporary folder (often named :/tmp or :/var/tmp on Unix-like systems)
  • temporary filesystem

• In general:
  • temporary work is a common working arrangement

See also

• Temp

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