string constant

string constant

[′striŋ ‚kän·stənt]
(computer science)
An arbitrary combination of letters, digits, and other symbols that is treated in a manner completely analogous to numeric constants.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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