The other end of the string was tied to a heavy aircraft tool.

VOA: special.2009.03.18

5 So similarly would there be the number 65 next to this then the corresponding number for V-I-D and then there's generally a special character at the end that looks like a zero that says end of string here.

同样，A就是,接着再填上V-I-D对应的ASCII码,在最后还有添上一个特殊的字符,有点像0，代表这是该字符串结束。

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So I just have to see, oh, here's a D, let me keep looking, D here's an A, keep looking here's a V, here's an I, here's a D and yet, and this is one tidbit we introduced a week or so ago, how do I now know if I'm just given the address of the start of the string where the end is?

我只需要看到，哦，这里是一个D，让我接着往下看，这里是A，接着这是V，这是I，这是,然而，这是我们一周以前介绍的花絮，如果你给我一个字符串开始的地址,我怎么知道它什么时候结束？

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