question about local hidden variables

[gib65]

What does the "local" part of local hidden variables mean? Does it mean local to the thing you're measuring or does it mean "having a location"? Or does it means something else entirely?

[Spyman]

In physics, the principle of locality is that distant objects cannot have direct influence on one another: an object is influenced directly only by its immediate surroundings.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_locality

[gib65]

So it has to do with distance - so "local" means "close to" in this context.