C-string

noun — 3 senses

C-string

noun

Etymology Blend of C + G-string.

1

A woman's scanty undergarment resembling a G-string but having a curved (C-shaped) wire that runs between the buttocks.

C-string

noun
1

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Programming, Sciences A C-style string.

  • We also said that C-strings are null terminated, so the C-string "Hello" has six characters even though only five are enclosed in double quotation marks.2017, D. S. Malik, C++ Programming: From Problem Analysis to Program Design, Cengage Learning, →ISBN, page 556:

C-string

noun
1

A string on a musical instrument tuned to the note C.

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