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string substitution

string substitution noun: the semantics-free search and replacement of one sequence of text characters with another.

Noun

string substitution (plural string substitutions)

  1. The semantics-free search and replacement of one sequence of text characters with another.
  2. A mapping of letters to sets of strings, which creates a closed operation for regular and context-free languages.

Forms of string substitution

pluralstring substitutions

Questions about string substitution

What does string substitution mean?
String substitution means the semantics-free search and replacement of one sequence of text characters with another.
What part of speech is string substitution?
String substitution is a noun.
What is the plural of string substitution?
The plural of string substitution is string substitutions.

Words near string substitution in the dictionary

  1. string sedge
  2. string show
  3. string shows
  4. string stop
  5. string stops
  6. string substitution
  7. string substitutions
  8. string theoretic
  9. string theories
  10. string theory
  11. string tie

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