postpend

verb

postpend

verb

Etymology Blend of post- + prepend.

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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences To append at the end of a text string.

  • Recall that if asterisks are pre- and postpended they designate semantic information in f-structures.1991, Kenneth Goodman, The KBMT Project, →ISBN:
  • In each run a random sequence is generated, prepended and postpended with short primers to separate the initiation and termination tasks from the reconstruction task.2003, Algorithms in Bioinformatics, →ISBN, page 398:
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  • A hybrid attack is used to find passwords that are a dictionary word with combinations of characters prepended or postpended to it.2011, Dave Kleiman, The Official CHFI Study Guide (Exam 312-49), →ISBN:
Related terms
postfix, append, prepend

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