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{{dablink|This article is on strings in computer programming. A number of [[stringed instrument]]s, including the [[viola]] and [[cello]], have a string that, when played open, produces the [[note|note C]]. This is usually referred to as the '''C string'''.}}

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In computing, '''C strings''' are [[character string|character sequence]]s stored as one-dimensional [[character (computing)|character]] [[array]]s and terminated with a [[null character]] ("\0" or ASCII 0). The name refers to the ubiquitous [[C programming language]] using this [[string (computer science)#Representations|string representation]], and is used elsewhere to distinguish this often-used representation from others.