concatenation
See also: concaténation
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin concatenātiō. Related to chain.
Pronunciation
Noun
concatenation (countable and uncountable, plural concatenations)
- (countable) A series of links united; a series or order of things depending on each other, as if linked together; a chain, a succession.
- 1927, Albert Einstein, as quoted by H. G. Kessler in The Diary of a Cosmopolitan (1971)
- Try and penetrate with our limited means of the secrets of nature and you will find that, behind all the discernible concatenations, there remains something subtle, intangible and inexplicable.
- 1927, Albert Einstein, as quoted by H. G. Kessler in The Diary of a Cosmopolitan (1971)
- (uncountable) The application of these series of links.
- (programming) The operation of joining multiple character strings.
- (programming) A character string formed by joining multiple character strings.
Translations
series of links united
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application
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programming: joining two or more character strings
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programming: result of joining two or more character strings
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