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Key Term: String

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Verified for the 2026 examโ€ขWritten by the Fiveable Content Team โ€ข Last updated September 2025

Definition

A string is a sequence of characters, such as letters, numbers, and symbols, that is used to represent text in programming. It is often enclosed in quotation marks.

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