Concatenation vs Append - What's the difference?
concatenation | append |
(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)
(uncountable) The application of these series of links.
(programming) Operation of joining multiple character strings.
To hang or attach to, as by a string, so that the thing is suspended; as, a seal appended to a record; the inscription was appended to the column.
To add, as an accessory to the principal thing; to annex; as, notes appended to this chapter.
(computing) To write more data to the end of a pre-existing file.
As nouns the difference between concatenation and append
is that concatenation is a series of links united; a series or order of things depending on each other, as if linked together; a chain, a succession while append is an instance of writing more data to the end of an existing file.As a verb append is
to hang or attach to, as by a string, so that the thing is suspended; as, a seal appended to a record; the inscription was appended to the column.concatenation
English
(Wikipedia)Noun
- 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.