c in cv means const and v means variability.
From the C ++ standard (3.9.3 CV qualifiers)
- ... The term object type (1.8) includes the cv qualifiers specified in the declaration-specifier-seq (7.1), declarator (section 8), type identifier (8.1) or newtype-id (5.3. 4) when the object created.
- const const T .
- - volatile T, .
- const volatile object const volatile T,
, const const.