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stringology

stringology noun: the study of algorithms and data structures used for processing text strings.

Noun

stringology (uncountable)

  1. (informal) The study of algorithms and data structures used for processing text strings.

Origin of stringology

From string + -ology, coined in 1984 by computer scientist Zvi Galil.

Questions about stringology

What does stringology mean?
Stringology means the study of algorithms and data structures used for processing text strings.
What part of speech is stringology?
Stringology is a noun.

Words near stringology in the dictionary

  1. stringmaker
  2. stringmakers
  3. stringmaking
  4. stringocephalid
  5. stringocephalids
  6. stringology
  7. stringpiece
  8. stringpieces
  9. strings
  10. strings along
  11. strings attached

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