links: [[Computer Science MOC]] --- > **Literal** is a notation for representing a fixed value in source code Ex: String Literal A string literal is a type of literal in programming for the representation of string value in source code of computer program (`let x = "foo bar"`) Most of the modern languages use [[balanced delimiters]] like double quotes or single quotes For example `x = "foo"` the double quotes are not part of a string, they are [[delimiters]] --- tags: #fundamentals