"stringology" meaning in English

See stringology in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: string + -ology, coined in 1984 by computer scientist Zvi Galil. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|string|ology}} string + -ology Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} stringology (uncountable)
  1. (computing, informal) The study of algorithms and data structures used for processing text strings. Tags: informal, uncountable Categories (topical): Computing

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