charactersequence

noun
UK /ˈkærəktə ˈsiːkwəns/
US /ˈkærəktər ˈsiːkwəns/

A character sequence is a row of letters, numbers, or symbols that come one after another.

The password must be a character sequence of at least eight letters and numbers.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. In computing, a series of characters stored together as one piece of data.

The program reads each character sequence from the file.

3. A set of written symbols that form a meaningful unit, such as a word or code.

The scanner recognized the character sequence on the label.

4. A pattern of letters used to represent information in a cipher or code.

The spy wrote a character sequence that only her partner could decode.