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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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adj
Characterized by an excessive use of strings to represent non-textual data.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: humorous, not-comparable
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
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adj
Relying on strings to encode or represent structured or semantic data that could otherwise use more specific available data structures and less risky types.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
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History
From the string data type, punning on strongly-typed.
