"substring" meaning in English

See substring in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-substring.wav Forms: substrings [plural]
Etymology: From sub- + string. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|sub|string}} sub- + string Head templates: {{en-noun}} substring (plural substrings)
  1. (computing) A (possibly zero-length) string of characters that is contained in another string. Categories (topical): Computing Translations (string of characters): podřetězec [masculine] (Czech), osajono (Finnish), osamerkkijono (Finnish), hlutorð [neuter] (Icelandic)
    Sense id: en-substring-en-noun-mCEHWX1a Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Icelandic translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 33 28 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 33 34 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 37 32 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 32 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 31 36 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 31 36 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 31 36 33 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-substring.wav Forms: substrings [present, singular, third-person], substringing [participle, present], substringed [participle, past], substringed [past]
Etymology: From sub- + string. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|sub|string}} sub- + string Head templates: {{en-verb}} substring (third-person singular simple present substrings, present participle substringing, simple past and past participle substringed)
  1. (computing, transitive) To extract a substring from. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-substring-en-verb-OtAN2foL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with sub-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Icelandic translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 33 28 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with sub-: 23 48 30 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 33 34 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 37 32 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 32 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 31 36 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 31 36 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 31 36 33 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  2. (computing, transitive) To take as a substring. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-substring-en-verb-JjQ9AYB1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Icelandic translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 33 28 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 33 34 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 37 32 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 32 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 31 36 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 31 36 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 31 36 33 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

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