fixedstring
nounUK /fɪkst strɪŋ/
US /fɪkst strɪŋ/
A fixedstring is a piece of text that always stays the same length.
The program stores the user's code in a fixedstring so it never grows or shrinks.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. In computing, a string whose maximum size is set when it is created and cannot change later.
The database column uses a fixedstring of exactly ten characters.
3. A text value that is treated as constant and never edited by the program.
The error message is kept as a fixedstring in the code.
4. A sequence of characters padded with spaces to always reach the same length.
Each record begins with a fixedstring holding the customer's ID.