C-style string

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

After the C programming language, which uses this type of string by default.

Noun[edit]

C-style string (plural C-style strings)

  1. (programming) A string which uses a null value to mark its own end.
    Synonyms: C-string, null-terminated string
    Coordinate term: Pascal string