I'm a software developer, so I am comfortable with the phrase "a string of characters processed as a unit" but I don't know if that is meaningful to noncoders. Developers have a different concept of "string" from the string that's in a supermarket.
Maybe forumites can offer some ideas on terminology.
What is a good (not too jargonistic) term for a group of characters that are treated as a unit?
Maybe forumites can offer some ideas on terminology.
What is a good (not too jargonistic) term for a group of characters that are treated as a unit?

