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Concatenation vs Ampersand - What's the difference?

concatenation | ampersand |

As nouns the difference between concatenation and ampersand

is that concatenation is (countable) a series of links united; a series or order of things depending on each other, as if linked together; a chain, a succession while ampersand is ampersand.

concatenation

English

(Wikipedia)

Noun

  • (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 the secrets of nature and you will find that, behind all the discernible concatenations , there remains something subtle, intangible and inexplicable.
  • (uncountable) The application of these series of links.
  • (programming) Operation of joining multiple character strings.

    • See also

    * concatenate

    ampersand

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The symbol "".
    • The ampersand character in many logics acts as an operator connecting two propositions.

    See also

    * (wikipedia) File:Ampersand-handwriting-1.png File:Ampersand-handwriting-2.svg (typography marks)