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==Science and technology== ===Bioinformatics=== * [[STRING]] (Search Tool for the Retrieval of Interacting Genes/Proteins), a database and web resource of known and predicted protein-protein interactions ===Computer sciences=== * [[String (computer science)]], sequence of alphanumeric text or other symbols in computer programming ** [[String (C++)]], a class in the C++ Standard Library ** [[Strings (Unix)]], a Unix program for finding character strings in binary files ** [[C string handling]], a header in the C standard library ** [[String literal]], the notation for representing a string value within the text of a computer program ** [[Connection string]], a string that specifies information about a data source and the means of connecting to it * [[Deployment environment]], one in a series of computing environments in which new software is deployed, either in sequence or in parallel ===Drilling=== * [[Casing string]] * [[Drill string]] * [[Production string]] ===Medicine=== * [[Brock string]], an instrument used in vision therapy * [[String galvanometer]], an instrument that provided the first practical electrocardiogram (ECG) * [[String sign]], a medical term used in diagnosing hypertrophy pyloric stenosis ===Physics=== * [[Cosmic string]], a hypothetical 1-dimensional (spatially) topological defect in various fields * [[Dirac string]], a fictitious one-dimensional curve in space, stretching between two magnetic monopoles * [[String theory]], a popular grand unified theory ** [[String (physics)]], one of the main objects of study in string theory ** [[Black string]] is a higher-dimensional (more than 4-dimensional) generalization of a black hole ** [[Strings (conference)]], series of conferences on string theory * [[String vibration]], equations for an ordinary vibrating string ===Other uses in science and technology=== * [[Yaw string]], also known as a slip string, a simple device for indicating a slip or skid in an aircraft in flight * [[String bog]], a bog consisting of slightly elevated ridges and islands, with woody plants, alternating with flat, wet sedge mat areas * [[String potentiometer]], a transducer used to detect and measure linear position and velocity using a flexible cable and spring-loaded spool
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