concatenation

[ kon-kat-n-ey-shuhn ]

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noun

the act of linking together in a chain; concatenating:
The network is formed by the concatenation of nodes.
the state of being concatenated; connection, as in a chain:
The concatenation of component elements in the power grid makes the system vulnerable to cyber attacks.
a series of interconnected or interdependent things or events:
Human history is a concatenation of power struggles and people trying to survive.
Computers. Also called string concatenation. the process of joining strings of characters or data into a continuous series with no gaps:
Due to string concatenation, the program reads “may be” and “maybe” as the same.

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Word History and Origins

First recorded in 1595–1605; from Late Latin concatēnātiōn- (stem of concatēnātiō ), equivalent to concatēnāt(us) “linked together, connected” + -iōn- noun suffix; concatenate, -ation

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