Chain

The term string refers, in this encyclopedia:

As an object with links

• to one chainoriginally the word was used to refer to an object consisting of a series of links, metallic, interlinked;
• to the chains for snow, a system that is placed on the motor wheels of a vehicle so that they do not skate when there is snow on the road;
• to one transmission chainto transmit movement from one mechanism to another, usually through gears;
• to one anchor chainused in nautical;

As a sequence of linked entities

By analogy, the word chain is also used to refer metaphorically to different sequences of linked entities:

• to one chain reactiona phenomenon where an initial incident causes a series of events, which in turn generates a larger event;
• to one string of charactersin programming, sequence ordered elements characteristic of a given language;
• to one chain of command, line of authority and responsibility where military or administrative orders pass;
• to one message chain, succession of messages in which the receiver should search for another recipient; these have been popularized following the email;
  • to one e-mail chain;
• to one Trophic chaintransfer of food energy through different agencies;
• to one productive chaina set of operations necessary for the production of an asset;
• to one chain production, form of production in which each worker has a specific function;
• to one supply chain, set of the exchange processes established between an organization and its suppliers or customers; in particular:
  • to one cold chain, supply chain at controlled temperature;
• to one value chain, model that defines the activities of an organization according to the value provided to the client;
• to one hotel chain, group of hotels belonging to the same brand/business;
• to one chain of custody, follow-up by an organization of its raw materials to ensure the quality of its products;

Science

• to one chain, old unit length used to measure land;
• to one chainin mathematics, a succession of elements;
• a chain ear bones, set of bones found in the human inner ear;
• to one string of characters, sequence of symbols, blocks or characters;
• to one chain of toolsset of software used to create a particular product;
• a mountain chain or cordillerain geology, set of mountains;
• to one carbon chain, set of carbon atoms in organic compounds;

Furthermore

• to one chain, in architecture, pillar of sillery with which a wall is fortified.
• to one music chain, musical equipment capable of playing sound from different storage media;
• a ChainsNach Scratch rapper.
• chainwhose representation is a shield;
• television networkdistribution network for television content;
• national chain, joint media transmission;
• life imprisonmenta custodial sentence;
• Method of Chain (memorization technique), a resource for memorizing a list of words.