"variables" scope is the equivalent of "protected" data members. If your object needs state information, it will use "variables" scope. "variables" scope exists for the lifetime of the CFC instance (which depends on the scope in which the CFC instance itself is stored).
I'm not up on Java terminology, but...
Is "protected" the same as "private"?
I would say that component data in the "Variables" scope is private to a component instance, since it can't be accessed by external resources.
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