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Concatenation
//kɑnˌkæt.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən// noun
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Noun
- 1 A series of links united; a series or order of things depending on each other, as if linked together; a chain, a succession. countable
"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."
- 2 the act of linking together as in a series or chain wordnet
- 3 The application of these series of links. uncountable
"We also discuss the faults to which the intermediate systems that execute these concatenation tasks are liable; the consequences of such faults include end-to-end PDUs being misforwarded, proliferating without limit, or simply disappearing into “black holes.”"
- 4 a series of things depending on each other as if linked together wordnet
- 5 The operation of joining multiple character strings. countable, uncountable
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- 6 the linking together of a consecutive series of symbols or events or ideas etc wordnet
- 7 A character string formed by joining multiple character strings. countable, uncountable
- 8 the state of being linked together as in a chain; union in a linked series wordnet
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin concatenātiō. Related to chain.
See also for "concatenation"
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