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Originally Posted by Babaganoosh
How long is a piece of string?
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In mathematical logic, more precisely in the theory of formal languages, and in computer science, a string is a sequence of symbols that are chosen from a set or alphabet.
In computer programming, a string is, essentially, a sequence of characters. A string is generally understood as a data type storing a sequence of data values, usually bytes, in which elements usually stand for characters according to a character encoding, which differentiates it from the more general array data type. In this context, the terms binary string and byte string are used to suggest strings in which the stored data does not (necessarily) represent text.
A variable declared to have a string data type usually causes storage to be allocated in memory that is capable of holding some predetermined number of symbols. When a string appears literally in source code, it is known as a string literal and has a representation that denotes it as such.
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The simplest case to imagine is a single string traveling in a flat spacetime in d dimensions, meaning that it is traveling across space while time is ticking, so to speak. A string is a one-dimensional object, meaning that if you want to travel along a string, you can only go forwards or backwards in the direction of the string, there is no sideways or up and down on a string. The string can move sideways or up and down in spacetime, though, and as the string moves around in spacetime, it sweeps out a surface in spacetime called the string worldsheet.
But let me get back on track...
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I have started to do my research in putting together a number of blog affiliate sites and in researching hosting I have noticed a significant difference in bandwidth with different providers. In starting a a blog site, what kind of bandwidth do I really need? Also, if I am consistent in what I am doing to build the sites up, what kind of bandwidth could I expect to need in say 6mos to a year?
Thanks!
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I assume you mean it is never ending. I can appreciate that thought. However when you first started out, what type of bandwidth were you accumulating and for what type of website?
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