Look up string in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. String or strings may refer to: String (structure), a long flexible structure made from threads twisted...

In molecular biology, STRING (Search Tool for the Retrieval of Interacting Genes/Proteins) is a biological database and web resource of known and predicted...

In physics, string theory is a theoretical framework in which the point-like particles of particle physics are replaced by one-dimensional objects called...

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...

In mathematics and computer science, a string metric (also known as a string similarity metric or string distance function) is a metric that measures...

In musical instrument classification, string instruments, or chordophones, are musical instruments that produce sound from vibrating strings when a performer...

The banjo is a stringed instrument with a thin membrane stretched over a frame or cavity to form a resonator. The membrane is typically circular, and in...

A twelve-string guitar (or 12-string guitar) is a steel-string guitar with 12 strings in six courses, which produces a thicker, more ringing tone than...

C string may refer to: Null-terminated string, known as a C string or C-style string due to its use by the C programming language C string handling, C...

One type of thong is the G-string, the back of which consists only of a (typically elasticized) string. The two terms G-string and thong are often used...

A G-string is a garment consisting of a narrow piece of material that barely covers the genitals, a string-like piece that passes between the buttocks...

A string figure is a design formed by manipulating string on, around, and using one's fingers or sometimes between the fingers of multiple people. String...

A query string is a part of a uniform resource locator (URL) that assigns values to specified parameters. A query string commonly includes fields added...

and the violin family. The bass is a standard member of the orchestra's string section, along with violins, violas, and cellos, as well as the concert...

music, a string sextet is a composition written for six string instruments, or a group of six musicians who perform such a composition. Most string sextets...

In computer programming, a null-terminated string is a character string stored as an array containing the characters and terminated with a null character...

that specifies a match pattern in text. Usually such patterns are used by string-searching algorithms for "find" or "find and replace" operations on strings...

The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with some exceptions) and typically has six or twelve strings. It is usually held...

A string trimmer, also known by the portmanteau strimmer and the trademarks Weedwacker, Weed Eater and Whipper Snipper, is a garden power tool for cutting...

string interning is a method of storing only one copy of each distinct string value, which must be immutable. Interning strings makes some string processing...

The term string quartet refers to either a type of musical composition or a group of four people who play them. Many composers from the mid-18th century...

Playing a string harmonic (a flageolet) is a string instrument technique that uses the nodes of natural harmonics of a musical string to isolate overtones...

mining, a string kernel is a kernel function that operates on strings, i.e. finite sequences of symbols that need not be of the same length. String kernels...

A string literal or anonymous string is a literal for a string value in source code. Commonly, a programming language includes a string literal code construct...

String bending is a guitar technique where fretted strings are displaced by application of a force by the fretting fingers in a direction perpendicular...

science, the string-to-string correction problem refers to determining the minimum cost sequence of edit operations necessary to change one string into another...

The resonance is most often heard when the fundamental frequency of the string is in unison or an octave lower or higher than the catalyst note, although...

String cheese is any of several different types of cheese where the manufacturing process aligns the proteins in the cheese, making it stringy. When mozzarella...

Red string may be: Red string (Kabbalah), a thin red string worn to ward off misfortune Kalava, the sacred Hindu red string Red String (webcomic), a manga-style...

A vibration in a string is a wave. Initial disturbance (such as plucking or striking) causes a vibrating string to produce a sound with constant frequency...