A loop variable is a variable that gets assigned a different value each time through the loop. An accumulator is a variable that is used to accumulate a result a little bit at a time. The numbers that...A loop variable is a variable that gets assigned a different value each time through the loop. An accumulator is a variable that is used to accumulate a result a little bit at a time. The numbers that make up the sequence are called . A series is the sum of a sequence of elements. Generalization is a way to make a program more versatile, for example, by replacing a specific value with a variable that can have any value.