"bytestring" meaning in All languages combined

See bytestring on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: bytestrings [plural]
Etymology: byte + string Etymology templates: {{compound|en|byte|string}} byte + string Head templates: {{en-noun}} bytestring (plural bytestrings)
  1. (programming) A text string treated as a series of single bytes rather than a series of characters of possibly varying storage size. Categories (topical): Programming

Inflected forms

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