"charstring" meaning in English

See charstring in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: charstrings [plural]
Etymology: Clipping of character string. By surface analysis, char + string. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|character string}} Clipping of character string, {{surf|en|char#Etymology 4|string|alt1=char}} By surface analysis, char + string Head templates: {{en-noun}} charstring (plural charstrings)
  1. (computing) A character string. Categories (topical): Computing Related terms: char, charset

Inflected forms

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