What are strings?

Question

There is a recent tweet in which a lady said 1+2=12.

Obviously that is wrong but everyone keeps saying “it’s wrong unless we are talking about strings”

What are strings?

Edit: thank you all for explaining:) have a cookie 🍪 and a wonderful day

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Answer 1

If we’re talking about programming here, then simply think about using words instead of numbers. Adding two numbers equals a third number but “adding” two words (strings) will concatenate them