String
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Generally, string is a thin, flexible piece of rope or twine which is used to tie, bind, or hang other objects. String can be made from a variety of fibres.
Examples of string use include:
- String figures, designs formed by weaving string around one's fingers
- A bow string, an essential part of a bow.
- In musical instruments such as below.
String may also refer to:
In science, computers or mathematics:
- String (computer science), a sequence of symbols or digits in computer programming
- String literal, the notation for representing a string value within the text of a computer program
- strings (Unix), a Unix program for finding character strings in binary files
- String (physics), one of the main objects of study in string theory
- A string of nucleotides is called DNA or RNA
- A string of amino acids is called a peptide or protein
- String theory, a popular grand unified theory
- String searching algorithm
In music:
- String instrument, a musical instrument that produces sound through vibrating strings
- Strings (music), flexible material that provides vibrations in string instruments
- String section, the violins, violas, cellos and double basses of an orchestra, often abbreviated as "strings"
- Strings (Pakistani pop band), a pop band from Pakistan
- String (Thai pop), a genre of Thai pop music
- String bridge, the passage into the Gardens of Allah in Islam
Other meanings:
- G-string, a type of underclothing that parts the buttocks without covering them
- Strings (2004 film), a movie directed by Anders Rønnow Klarlund
- Strings (1991 film), a Canadian Genie Award-winning and Oscar-nominated animated short
- A character controlled by Marik in the Yu-Gi-Oh! series
- "String" is a Monty Python sketch about a marketing campaign for string, appearing initially on their Contractual Obligation Album