adding global variables

lectures/06_memory/README.md

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 # Test 1 Information
 
-- Students will be randomly assigned to a test room and seating zone – will be on Submitty soon.
+Students will be randomly assigned to a test room and seating zone – will be on Submitty soon.
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-- Test 1 will be held **Thursday, 02/01/2024 from 6-7:50pm**.  
-  – No make-ups will be given except for pre-approved absence or illness, and a written excuse from the Dean
-of Students or the Student Experience office or the RPI Health Center will be required.  
+- Test 1 will be held **Thursday, 01/30/2025 from 6-7:50pm**.
+<!--  – No make-ups will be given except for pre-approved absence or illness, and a written excuse from the Dean
+of Students or the Student Experience office or the RPI Health Center will be required. -->
 – If you have a letter from Disability Services for Students and you have not already emailed it to
-ds_instructors@cs.rpi.edu, please do so ASAP. Shianne Hulbert will be in contact with you about
+ds_instructors@cs.rpi.edu, please do so ASAP. Meredith Widman will be in contact with you about
 your accommodations for the test.
-- Coverage: Lectures 1-7, Labs 1-3, and Homeworks 1-2.
-  – Practice problems from previous exams are available on the course website. The best way to prepare is to completely work through and write out your solution to each problem, before looking at the answers.
-- OPTIONAL: you are allowed to bring two physical pieces of 8.5x11” paper, that’s four “sides”. We will check at the start of the exam that you do not have more than two pieces of paper for your notes!
+- Coverage: Lectures 1-6, Labs 1-2, and Homeworks 1-2.
+- Practice problems from previous exams are available on the course website. The best way to prepare is to completely work through and write out your solution to each problem, before looking at the answers.
+- OPTIONAL: you are allowed to bring one physical piece of 8.5x11” paper, that’s two “sides”. We will check at the start of the exam that you do not have more than one piece of paper for your notes!
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 - Bring to the exam room:  
   – Your Rensselaer photo ID card.  
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-- Static memory: variables allocated statically (with the keyword static), located at the data segment of the program's memory. They are are not eliminated when they go out of scope. They retain their values throughout the entire program execution, but are only accessible within the scope where they are defined. For example:
+- Static memory: include global variables and variables declared with the static keyword, located at the data segment of the program's memory. They are are not eliminated when they go out of scope. They retain their values throughout the entire program execution, but are only accessible within the scope where they are defined. For example:
 
 ```cpp
 static int counter;