Icann (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) revealed in June that it had received 1, 930 requests for gTLD "strings" which could be used as an alternative to .com, .org or other current options.

BBC: Saudi Arabia opposes .gay internet domain name

Imagine subjecting Shakespeare to a computational process like bioinformatics--not to chop the poor guy into DNA base pairs but to tease out 1, 000-word pieces (or strings) of his plays.

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His coach, Rick Leach, a former No. 1 doubles player, suggested loosening up when playing with polyester strings.

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Note that two random strings of 2, 400 bits are going to match, on average, at 1, 200 positions, so a match at 1, 800 is strong evidence that the card is legit.

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