String

String

String is a long flexible tool made from fibers twisted together into a single strand, or from multiple such strands which are in turn twisted together. String is used to tie, bind, or hang other objects. It is also used as a material to make things, such as textiles, and in arts and crafts. String is a simple tool, and its use by humans is known to have been developed tens of thousands of years ago. String may also be a component in other tools, and in devices as diverse as weapons, musical instruments, and toys. The ubiquity of string as a tool has led to conceptual and scientific uses of the term, including strings in computer science, cosmic strings, and string theory.

String (computer science)

In computer programming, a string is traditionally a sequence of characters, either as a literal constant or as some kind of variable. The latter may allow its elements to be mutated and the length changed, or it may be fixed. A string is often implemented as an array data structure of bytes that stores a sequence of elements, typically characters, using some character encoding. More general, string may also denote a sequence of data other than just characters.

string

Noun

1. A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together.
2. Control; influence.

Verb

1. To put (items) on a string.
2. To put strings on (something).