What does "null-terminated" mean?

Stored in memory followed by a null character, so that its length can be detected without having to be explicitly stored.

What is a synonym for "null-terminated"?

Common synonyms include: zero-terminated.

Null-terminated

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Adjective

1
Stored in memory followed by a null character, so that its length can be detected without having to be explicitly stored. not-comparable
"PostgreSQL has given you a text value, and text values are not null-terminated. You will need to convert fileNameText into a null-terminated string."

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zero-terminated

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"PostgreSQL has given you a text value, and text values are not null-terminated. You will need to convert fileNameText into a null-terminated string."

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