Dictionarystring
Dictionarystring is a term used in software design to describe a textual representation of a mapping from keys to values. It encodes a dictionary or map as a single string, enabling storage, transmission, or interoperability with systems that operate on text. Unlike an in-memory dictionary, a dictionarystring must be parsed to recover the original key-value structure.
Common forms include JSON, YAML, TOML, and INI-like formats, as well as custom delimited sequences such as
Dictionarystrings are widely used for configuration files, web APIs, and data interchange between heterogeneous systems because
When designing a dictionarystring format, developers consider readability, compactness, and safety. JSON is a common default
See also: dictionary, map, JSON, YAML, TOML, serialization, key-value store, INI.