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The History Behind the Definition of a 'String'

Wikipedia doesn't mention anything, and I can't seem to find anything even in some CompSci books from the library.

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Casey Chow
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It is a "string" of characters... old languages used to have difficulty defining a string, it was an array of characters which, when "strung" together, made a word. I have a feeling that it was simply adapted through obviousness.

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It (probably) denotes a string of characters.

Raj More
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I always pictured it having to do with C-style strings, where one char is "strung" together in memory to the next. Like a string of pearls.

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