metastring

English

Etymology

From meta- +‎ string.

Pronunciation

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Noun

metastring (plural metastrings)

1. (computing, rare) A string of characters used as a placeholder for a variable data item.

   The $D metastring expands to the current date and time.

Anagrams

• matterings, ramsetting, smattering, termigants