string
v.
furnish with strings; tie with a string; hang or suspend; stretch from one point to another; thread onto a string (i.e. beads); arrange in a series; stretch, extend
string
Noun
1. a lightweight cord
(synonym) twine
(hypernym) cord
(hyponym) chalk line, snap line, snapline
2. stringed instruments that are played with a bow; "the strings played superlatively well"
(synonym) bowed stringed instrument
(hypernym) stringed instrument
(hyponym) bass fiddle, bass viol, bull fiddle, double bass, contrabass, string bass
(part-meronym) fingerboard
3. a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, which makes sound when plucked, struck, or bowed
(hypernym) cord
(hyponym) snare
(part-holonym) stringed instrument
4. a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding; "a string of islands"; "train of mourners"; "a train of thought"
(synonym) train
(hypernym) series
(derivation) string up
5. a linear sequence of symbols (characters or words or phrases)
(hypernym) sequence
(hyponym) extension, filename extension, file name extension
(part-meronym) language unit, linguistic unit
6. a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening; "he pulled the drawstring and closed the bag"
(synonym) drawstring, drawing string
(hypernym) tie
(hyponym) purse string
(part-holonym) drawstring bag
7. a collection of objects threaded on a single strand
(hypernym) collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage
(hyponym) beads, string of beads
8. a necklace made by a stringing objects together; "a string of beads"; "a strand of pearls";
(synonym) chain, strand
(hypernym) necklace
(derivation) thread, draw
Verb
1. thread on or as if on a string; "string pearls on a string"; "the child drew glass beads on a string"; "thread dried cranberries"
(synonym) thread, draw
(hypernym) arrange, set up
(hyponym) bead
(verb-group) guide, run, draw, pass
(derivation) chain, strand
2. add as if on a string; "string these ideas together"; "string up these songs and you'll have a musical"
(synonym) string up
(hypernym) add
(derivation) train
3. move or come along
(synonym) string along
(hypernym) advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on
4. stretch out or arrange like a string
(hypernym) arrange, set up
(see-also) string out, spread out
5. string together; tie or fasten with a string; "string the package"
(hypernym) fasten, fix, secure
(derivation) twine
6. remove the stringy parts of; "string beans"
(hypernym) remove, take, take away, withdraw
7. provide with strings; "string my guitar"
(antonym) unstring
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
Stringing
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of String
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
string
<
programming> A sequence of
data values, usually
bytes, which usually stand for
characters (a "character string"). The
mapping between values and characters is determined by the
character set which is itself specified implcitly or explicitly by the environment in which the string is being interpreted.
The most common character set is
ASCII but, since the late 1990s, there has been increased interest in larger character sets such as
Unicode where each character is represented by more than eight
bits.
Most programming languages consider strings (e.g. "124:shabooya:\n", "hello world") basically distinct from numbers which are typically stored in fixed-length
binary or
floating-point representation.
A
bit string is a sequence of
bits.
(1999-12-21)
(c) Copyright 1993 by Denis Howe
stringing