Concatenation

//kɑnˌkæt.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 2
    the act of linking together as in a series or chain wordnet
  3. 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. 4
    a series of things depending on each other as if linked together wordnet
  5. 5
    The operation of joining multiple character strings. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    the linking together of a consecutive series of symbols or events or ideas etc wordnet
  2. 7
    A character string formed by joining multiple character strings. countable, uncountable
  3. 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.

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