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

n. cord; something resembling a cord or thread; fiber of a plant; group of objects linked together; series of connected events; chain of characters which are processed as one unit (Computers)

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 fingersA 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 programmingString literal, the notation for representing a string value within the text of a computer programstrings (Unix), a Unix program for finding character strings in binary filesString (physics), one of the main objects of study in string theory A string of nucleotides is called DNA or RNAA string of amino acids is called a peptide or proteinString theory, a popular grand unified theoryString searching algorithm 
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n. string, cord; something resembling a cord or thread; fiber of a plant

(n.)
A fiber, as of a plant; a little, fibrous root.
  

(n.)
A nerve or tendon of an animal body.
  

(n.)
A small cord, a line, a twine, or a slender strip of leather, or other substance, used for binding together, fastening, or tying things; a cord, larger than a thread and smaller than a rope; as, a shoe string; a bonnet string; a silken string.
  

(n.)
A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein.
  

(n.)
A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together.
  

(n.)
A thread or cord on which a number of objects or parts are strung or arranged in close and orderly succession; hence, a line or series of things arranged on a thread, or as if so arranged; a succession; a concatenation; a chain; as, a string of shells or beads; a string of dried apples; a string of houses; a string of arguments.
  

(n.)
An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it.
  

(n.)
Same as Stringcourse.
  

(n.)
The cord of a musical instrument, as of a piano, harp, or violin; specifically (pl.), the stringed instruments of an orchestra, in distinction from the wind instruments; as, the strings took up the theme.
  

(n.)
The line or cord of a bow.
  

(n.)
The points made in a game.
  

(n.)
The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericap of leguminous plants, and which is readily pulled off; as, the strings of beans.
  

(v. t.)
To deprive of strings; to strip the strings from; as, to string beans. See String, n., 9.
  

(v. t.)
To furnish with strings; as, to string a violin.
  

(v. t.)
To make tense; to strengthen.
  

(v. t.)
To put in tune the strings of, as a stringed instrument, in order to play upon it.
  

(v. t.)
To put on a string; to file; as, to string beads.
  

A sequence of data elements, such as bits or characters, considered as a whole.