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variable-length field

[′ver·ē·ə·bəl ¦leŋkth ′fēld]

(computer science)

A data field in which the number of characters varies, the length of the field being stored within the field itself.

Mentioned in

cider
CIDR
data structure
end-of-field mark
fixed length field
SDF
standards - file management systems
variable length field
variable length record

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