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| − | + | The word '''string''' has a number of rather different meanings in modern English, though they are all related in the sense of denoting something long and thin. | |
| + | *In common speech, it refers to a textile material, use for such things as wrapping packages. ''Kite string'' is another example. | ||
| + | *In computer software, it is a [[data type]] representing a sequence of characters. | ||
| + | *''[[String theory]]'' is a cutting-edge theory of physics at extremely small scales, postulating that what ordinary quantum mechanics considers to be subatomic particles of size 10<sup>−15</sup> meters are actually closed loops, that is strings, of even smaller size. | ||
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Latest revision as of 22:29, November 16, 2018
The word string has a number of rather different meanings in modern English, though they are all related in the sense of denoting something long and thin.
- In common speech, it refers to a textile material, use for such things as wrapping packages. Kite string is another example.
- In computer software, it is a data type representing a sequence of characters.
- String theory is a cutting-edge theory of physics at extremely small scales, postulating that what ordinary quantum mechanics considers to be subatomic particles of size 10−15 meters are actually closed loops, that is strings, of even smaller size.