double quotes
Americanplural noun
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A “string” is a set of letters the computer can process, surrounded by double quotes.
From Slate • Mar. 15, 2012
Only"Page 295: Changed double quotes to single quotes: passing the 'carriers' throughPage 295: Added closing quote: ... under the postal administration."
From Triumphs of Invention and Discovery in Art and Science by Fyfe, J. Hamilton
Page 14: Double quotes inside double quotes amended to single quotes.
From Early Theories of Translation by Amos, Flora Ross
Indeed, I think I won't, Aunt Jeannie,' Single close quote changed to double quotes
From Daisy's Aunt by Benson, E. F. (Edward Frederic)
I have reconciled all of the mismatched single and double quotes with the images.
From The Baptist Magazine, Vol. 27, 1835 by Various
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