String (computing)

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In computing and more specifically in various programming languages, strings are a variable type that can hold text[1], as opposed to integer variables (so called int variables) that can only hold integers (e.g. a number, such as 5) or a "float" variable, which can hold floating point numbers (e.g. numbers with decimal places - 5.5, 6.3, etc.)

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  1. Sun Microsystems. Java API Documentation: Strings. Retrieved on 2009-07-04.