String or strings may refer to: *String (structure), a long flexible structure made from threads twisted together, which is used to tie, bind, or hang other objects

Arts, entertainment, and media

Films

* Strings (1991 film), ''Strings'' (1991 film), a Canadian animated short * Strings (2004 film), ''Strings'' (2004 film), a film directed by Anders Rønnow Klarlund * Strings (2011 film), ''Strings'' (2011 film), an American dramatic thriller film * Strings (2012 film), ''Strings'' (2012 film), a British film by Rob Savage * ''Bravetown'' (2015 film), an American drama film originally titled ''Strings'' * ''The String'' (2009), a French film

Music

Instruments

* String (music), the flexible element that produces vibrations and sound in string instruments * String instrument, a musical instrument that produces sound through vibrating strings ** List of string instruments * String piano, a pianistic extended technique in which sound is produced by direct manipulation of the strings, rather than striking the piano's keys

Types of groups

* String band, musical ensemble composed mostly or entirely of string instruments, common in bluegrass, jazz, and country music * String orchestra, orchestra composed solely or primarily of instruments from the string family * String quartet, musical ensemble of four string players, common in chamber music ensembles * String section ("the strings"), section of a larger symphony orchestra composed of string musicians

Genres

* String (Thai pop), a genre of Thai pop music

Performers

* Strings (band), a pop rock band from Pakistan * Strings (rapper), Marinna Teal (born 1975), American rapper

Recordings

* Strings (EP), ''Strings'' (EP), an EP by Kristin Hersh * Strings (Strings album), ''Strings'' (Strings album), the debut album by Strings *''Strings!'', a 1967 album by jazz guitarist Pat Martino * "Strings", by Blink-182 from ''Buddha (album), Buddha'', 1994 * "Strings", by Shawn Mendes from ''Handwritten (Shawn Mendes album), Handwritten'', 2015 * "Strings, Strings", by Gerald Levert from ''G (Gerald Levert album), G'', 2000

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

* "String", a Monty Python sketch about a marketing campaign for string, appearing initially on their ''Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album, Contractual Obligation Album'' * String, a character controlled by Marik in the ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' Japanese manga * Silly String, a child's toy, also known as aerosol string

Fashion

* String bikini * Thong, C-string, G-string, V-string

Foods and cooking

* String of a bean, in cooking, is the hard fibrous spine that runs the length of the pod in all but stringless varieties * String bean, a name for several different varieties of bean * String cheese, a common name for several different types of cheese * String hopper, a rice noodle dish

Mathematics

* String graph, an intersection graph of curves in the plane; each curve is called a "string" * String group, in group theory

Science and technology

Bioinformatics

* STRING (Search Tool for the Retrieval of Interacting Genes/Proteins), a database and web resource of known and predicted protein-protein interactions

Computer sciences

* String (computer science), sequence of alphanumeric text or other symbols in computer programming ** String (C++), a class in the C++ Standard Library ** Strings (Unix), a Unix program for finding character strings in binary files ** C string handling, a header in the C standard library ** String literal, the notation for representing a string value within the text of a computer program ** Connection string, a string that specifies information about a data source and the means of connecting to it * Deployment environment, one in a series of computing environments in which new software is deployed, either in sequence or in parallel

Drilling

* Casing string * Drill string * Production string

Medicine

* Brock string, an instrument used in vision therapy * String galvanometer, an instrument that provided the first practical electrocardiogram (ECG) * String sign, a medical term used in diagnosing hypertrophy pyloric stenosis

Physics

* Cosmic string, a hypothetical 1-dimensional (spatially) topological defect in various fields * Dirac string, a fictitious one-dimensional curve in space, stretching between two magnetic monopoles * String theory, a popular grand unified theory ** String (physics), one of the main objects of study in string theory ** Black string is a higher-dimensional (more than 4-dimensional) generalization of a black hole ** Strings (conference), series of conferences on string theory * String vibration, equations for an ordinary vibrating string

Other uses in science and technology

* Yaw string, also known as a slip string, a simple device for indicating a slip or skid in an aircraft in flight * String bog, a bog consisting of slightly elevated ridges and islands, with woody plants, alternating with flat, wet sedge mat areas * String potentiometer, a transducer used to detect and measure linear position and velocity using a flexible cable and spring-loaded spool

Sports

* String, a series of consecutive wins in List of baseball jargon (S)#string, baseball jargon * Strings (tennis), the part of a tennis racket which makes contact with the ball

Other uses

* Pushing on a string, metaphor * String of cash coins (currency unit), in the Far East * String Lake, a lake in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, United States. * String Publishing, an imprint of the German group VDM Publishing devoted to the reproduction of Wikipedia content * String puzzle, any mechanical puzzle whose emphasis is on manipulating one or more pieces of string or rope * String ribbon, ribbon made of string * String trimmer, a device for cutting grass and other small plants * Strings, the nickname of the Swedish musician Robert Dahlqvist * Marik String, former acting Legal Adviser of the U.S. Department of State