tühikuteta

tühikuteta is an Estonian word that translates to "without spaces" or "space-less." It is most commonly used in the context of typography and computer science to describe text or strings where all whitespace characters, including spaces, tabs, and newlines, have been removed.

In everyday language, applying "tühikuteta" to a phrase means concatenating all its constituent words into a single unbroken string. For example, the phrase "tühikuteta tekst" would become "tühikutetatekst" when written "tühikuteta."

In programming, removing spaces is a frequent operation for various purposes. It can be used for data compression, creating unique identifiers, or preparing data for specific parsing algorithms that do not expect or handle whitespace. Many programming languages offer built-in functions or methods to achieve this, often referred to as "trimming," "stripping," or "removing whitespace."

The concept of "tühikuteta" is also relevant in areas like URL manipulation, where spaces are typically encoded as "%20" or removed entirely to ensure valid web addresses. Similarly, in file naming conventions, avoiding spaces can prevent issues with command-line interpreters or certain operating systems. The term emphasizes the absence of visual or functional separation that spaces normally provide.