concatenation
noun/kɑnˌkæt.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/ · /kənˌkæt.əˈneɪ.ʃən/
Etymology Borrowed from Latin concatenātiō. Related to chain.
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A series of links united; a series or order of things depending on each other, as if linked together; a chain, a succession.
- 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)
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The application of these series of links.
- 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.”2000, Philippe Byrnes, Protocol Management in Computer Networking, page 376:
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Programming, Sciences The operation of joining multiple character strings.
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Programming, Sciences A character string formed by joining multiple character strings.
- Derived terms
- concatenation tree, deconcatenation, reconcatenation
- Related terms
- concatenate