strong

adj 1: having strength or power greater than average or expected;

"a strong radio signal"; "strong medicine"; "a strong

man" [ant: {weak}]

2: used of syllables [syn: {accented}, {heavy}]

3: not faint or feeble; "a strong odor of burning rubber"

4: having or wielding force or authority; "providing the ground

soldier with increasingly potent weapons" [syn: {potent}]

5: having a strong physiological or chemical effect; "a potent

toxin"; "potent liquor"; "a potent cup of tea" [syn: {potent}]

[ant: {impotent}]

6: able to withstand attack; "an impregnable fortress";

"fortifications that made the frontier inviolable" [syn: {impregnable},

{inviolable}, {secure}, {unassailable}, {unattackable}]

7: of good quality and condition; solidly built; "a solid

foundation"; "several substantial timber buildings" [syn:

{solid}, {substantial}]

8: (grammar) of verbs not having standard (or regular)

inflection; "`go' is a strong verb"

9: having a high alcoholic content; "hard liquor" [syn: {hard}]

10: freshly made or left; "a warm trail"; "the scent is warm"

[syn: {warm}]

11: strong and sure; "a firm grasp"; "gave a strong pull on the

rope" [syn: {firm}]

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)