(1) In programming languages, the form of data used for storing and manipulating text.
(2) A group of auxiliary storage devices connected in a series on the system. The order and location in which each device is connected to the system determines the physical address of the device.
(3) A sequence of elements of the same nature, such as characters considered as a whole. For example, character string, binary string, and hexadecimal string.
(4) A sequence of bytes that might represent characters.
(5) A contiguous sequence of bytes terminated by and including the first null byte.