starring

adj : indicating the most important performer or role; "the

leading man"; "prima ballerina"; "prima donna"; "a star

figure skater"; "the starring role"; "a stellar role";

"a stellar performance" [syn: {leading(p)}, {prima(p)},

{star(p)}, {starring(p)}, {stellar(a)}]

string

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 {bit}s.

(1999-12-21)