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: A string ''s'' = ab, composed of zero or more characters (here, 'a' and 'b') of the alphabet, is said to be the [[reverse]] of string ''t'' if ''t'' = ba. For example, if Σ = {0,1} the string 0011001 is the reverse of 1001100. The empty string and all strings of length 1 are reverses of themselves. A string that is the reverse of itself is also called a [[palindrome]].
The problem is, I don't know for certain whether the terms "reverse string" or "string reversal" are correct or not. FWIW, practically all programming languages/libraries that provide this operation call it "reverse". Does anyone know what the proper term should be? ([[Inverse]]? [[Inversion]]? [[Opposite]]? [[Transpose]]?) — [[User:Loadmaster|Loadmaster]] ([[User talk:Loadmaster|talk]]) 17:05, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
: As currently formulated that would either not be general enough (only working for two character strings) or, worse, likely be misinterpreted as stating that WORLDHELLO and LOWORLDHEL would be reverses of HELLOWORLD (instead of DLROWOLLEH.) —''[[User:Ruud Koot|Ruud]]'' 23:09, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
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