title: Why is it called a 'String'?
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    <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
    <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/880195/the-history-behind-the-definition-of-a-string">The History Behind the Definition of a &lsquo;String&rsquo;&hellip;</a>  </p>
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  <p>In most programming languages a string is a sequence of characters. Why is it named that? </p>
  
  <p>The earliest instance of it being called a string is Algol 60 (as far as I know).</p>
  
  <p>Question posed by Douglas Crockford in his talk today (will post when talk is online).</p>