string
data type representing a finite sequence of encoded characters
text
object that can be "read" by reader; result of writing
grammatical construction
any syntactic string of words ranging from sentences over phrasal structures to certain complex lexemes, such as phrasal verbs
salt
secret added to an input such as a password prior to being hashed with a cryptographic hash function and stored alongside the hashed output
delimiter
sequence of one or more characters used to specify the boundary between separate, independent regions in plain text or other data streams; one of various means to specify boundaries in a data stream
nominal number
numeric or alphanumeric code (without independent meaning) used for labelling or identification
certificate
string that certifies the answer to a computation
n-gram
contiguous sequence of n items from a given sample of text or speech
magic number
sequence of bytes used to identify or indicate the format of a file
null-terminated string
character string terminated by the null byte (0x00); used in e.g. the C programming language
prompt
a sequence of (one or more) characters used in a command-line interface to indicate readiness to accept commands
ghost word
word created by error in a dictionary or other authoritative work
alphanumeric code
set of alphabetic (a-z) and numeric (0-9) characters
format string
template from which a string can be automatically replaced with another string
word
finite sequence of symbols in theoretical computer science
SIREN
French organization identifier
password
short, shared secret used for user authentication to prove identity or access approval
query string
part of a URL which assigns values to specified parameters
empty string
the unique string of length zero
non-word
grapheme or phoneme sequence that does not form a word of the language under consideration
bit array
array data structure that compactly stores bits
connection string
string that specifies information about a data source and the means of connecting to it. It is passed in code to an underlying driver or provider in order to initiate the connection;data source: database, could also be a spreadsheet or text file
C string handling
handling of strings in the C programming language
substring
subsequence of the symbols in a string, where the order of the elements is preserved
SIRET
identification number for a company or an establishment in France
Market Identifier Code
4-alphanumerics identifier of financial markets, standardized by ISO 10383. Also standardizes market categories
vehicle keeper marking
code identifying owners of rolling stock in Europe
path
general form of the name of a file or directory; resources can be represented by either absolute or relative paths
identifier
name that identifies either a unique object or a unique class of objects
lexical token
in lexical analysis, atomic string with an assigned and thus identified meaning; can be either word, bi-gram or sentence