Global state in programming languages

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An incomplete list of things that can modify global state:

The filesystem
Network access
Randomness
Spawning processes
Calling native functions (FFI)
Command-line arguments
Environment
Current date and time
Current geolocation

Arguably:

Memory allocation

See also

A globally available filesystem is a security liability

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