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Dictionary: con·cat·e·nate   (kŏn-kăt'n-āt', kən-) pronunciation
 
tr.v., -nat·ed, -nat·ing, -nates.
  1. To connect or link in a series or chain.
  2. Computer Science. To arrange (strings of characters) into a chained list.
adj. (-nĭt, -nāt')

Connected or linked in a series.

[Late Latin concatēnāre, concatēnāt- : com-, com- + catēnāre, to bind (from Latin catēna, chain).]

concatenation con·cat'e·na'tion n.
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verb

    To make into a whole by joining a system of parts: articulate, integrate. See include/exclude, part/whole.

 
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n

Definition: connection, sequence
Antonyms: interruption


 
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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: To link together or form a chain.

pronunciation There's no need to concatenate; simply stand side by side.

 
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For concatenation of general lists, see append.

In computer programming, string concatenation is the operation of joining two character strings end to end. For example, the strings "snow" and "ball" may be concatenated to give "snowball". In many programming languages, string concatenation is a binary infix operator.

For example, the following expression uses the "+" symbol as the concatenation operator:

print "Hello " + "World";

In Telephony and Public Address

In programming for telephony, concatenation is used to provide dynamic audio feedback to a user. For example in a "time of day" speaking clock, concatenation is used to give the correct time by playing the appropriate recordings concatenated together. For example:

  • "At the tone the time will be"
  • "Eight"
  • "Thirty Five"
  • "...and twenty seconds"

The recordings themselves exist separately, but playing them one after the other provides a grammatically correct sentence to the caller.

This technique is also used in number change announcements, voice mail systems, or most any telephony application that provides dynamic feedback to the caller (e.g. moviefone, tellme, and others).

Programming for any kind of computerized public address system can also employ concatenation for dynamic public announcements (for example, flights in an airport). The system would archive recorded speech of numbers, routes or airlines, destinations, times, etc. and play them back in a specific sequence to produce a grammatically correct sentence that is announced throughout the facility.

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - sammenkæde
adj. - sammenkædet

Nederlands (Dutch)
aaneenschakelen, aaneengeschakeld

Français (French)
v. tr. - enchaîner, (Philos, Comput) concaténer
adj. - concaténé, enchaîné

Deutsch (German)
v. - verketten
adj. - zusammenhängend, verkettet

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - συνδέω αλυσιδωτά

Italiano (Italian)
concatenare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - concatenar
adj. - concatenado

Русский (Russian)
сцеплять, соединять

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - concatenar, concadenar
adj. - concatenado

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - länka samman

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
如锁链般连续, 连结, 使连锁, 连锁的, 连结的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 如鎖鏈般連續, 連結, 使連鎖
adj. - 連鎖的, 連結的

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 사슬같이 잇다, 연결하다
adj. - 연쇄상의, 연결한

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 鎖状につなぐ
adj. - 連鎖状の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) سلسل (أفكارا أو أحداثأ)‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮שרשר, חיבר‬
adj. - ‮משורשר, מחובר‬


 
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