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String

Abbreviations / Acronyms / Synonyms:

Definitions:

  A sequence of bits.
Sources:
NIST SP 800-185

  A bitstring is an ordered sequence of 0’s and 1’s.
Sources:
NIST SP 800-90A Rev. 1 under Bitstring

  See Bitstring.
Sources:
NIST SP 800-90A Rev. 1

  An ordered sequence of 0’s and 1’s. The leftmost bit is the most significant bit.
Sources:
NIST SP 800-90B under Bitstring

  An ordered sequence (string) of 0s and 1s. The leftmost bit is the most significant bit.
Sources:
NIST IR 8427 under Bitstring