Name: delimit

Synonyms: delimiting,delimited,delimit

Type: glossary

Description:
To use a particular <character> to mark the beginning or end of a piece of data, or separate pieces of data from each other. 
 
For example, a <string> is delimited by <double quote|double quotes> ("): a <double quote> is placed at the beginning and end of the <string> to separate it from the surrounding code.

References: string (glossary), character (glossary), double quote (glossary)

Tags: text processing
