Substring
SUBSEQUENCE OF THE SYMBOLS IN A STRING, WHERE THE ORDER OF THE ELEMENTS IS PRESERVED
Prefix (computer science); Suffix (computer science); Suffix of a string; Prefix of a string; Subword; Substr; Prefix (formal languages); Suffix (formal languages); Superstring (formal languages); Factor (formal languages); Substrings
In formal language theory and computer science, a substring is a contiguous sequence of characters within a string. For instance, "the best of" is a substring of "It was the best of times".