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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 10â15 meters are actually closed loops, that is strings, of even smaller size.