English Explanatory Dictionary

concatenation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A series of links united; a series or order of things depending on each other, as if linked together; a chain, a succession.
  2. The application of these series of links.
  3. The operation of joining multiple character strings.
  4. A character string formed by joining multiple character strings.

Pronunciation

/kɑnˌkæt.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/ /kənˌkæt.əˈneɪ.ʃən/ en-au-concatenation.ogg

Word forms

concatenation concatenations

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Italic *katesnā Latin catēna Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin catēnō Latin concatēnō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin concatēnātiōbor. English concatenation Borrowed from Latin concatenātiō. Related to chain.

Related words

concatenate

Derived words

concatenation tree deconcatenation reconcatenation

Translations

Esperanto: kroĉo French: concaténation Greek: συνένωση Hindi: श्रृंखलाबंधन Hungarian: konkatenáció Icelandic: samskeyting Malay: penjeraitan Polish: konkatenacja Serbo-Croatian: konkatenacija
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