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{ "etymology_text": "After the C programming language, which uses this type of string by default.", "forms": [ { "form": "C-style strings", "tags": [ "plural" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": {}, "expansion": "C-style string (plural C-style strings)", "name": "en-noun" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "noun", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "English countable nouns", "English entries with incorrect language header", "English lemmas", "English multiword terms", "English nouns", "en:C programming language", "en:Programming" ], "examples": [ { "text": "Coordinate term: Pascal string" } ], "glosses": [ "A string which uses a null value to mark its own end." ], "links": [ [ "programming", "programming#Noun" ], [ "string", "string" ], [ "null", "null" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(programming) A string which uses a null value to mark its own end." ], "synonyms": [ { "word": "C-string" }, { "word": "null-terminated string" } ], "topics": [ "computing", "engineering", "mathematics", "natural-sciences", "physical-sciences", "programming", "sciences" ], "wikipedia": [ "C (programming language)" ] } ], "word": "C-style string" }
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