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Prepend vs. Append

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Prependnoun

Prepention - the act of prepending

Appendverb

(transitive) To hang or attach to, as by a string, so that the thing is suspended

ā€˜a seal appended to a record’; ā€˜An inscription was appended to the column.’;

Prependverb

To attach (an expression, phrase, etc.) to another, as a prefix.

Appendverb

(transitive) To add, as an accessory to the principal thing; to annex

ā€˜notes appended to a book chapter’;

Prependverb

To premeditate; to weigh up mentally.

Appendverb

(computing) To write more data to the end of a pre-existing file, string, or other non-constant data type.

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Prependverb

add (something) to the beginning of something else

ā€˜you forgot to prepend ā€˜I personally believe’ to the statements you are making’;

Appendnoun

(computing) An instance of writing more data to the end of an existing file.

Prependverb

attach (a piece of data) to the beginning of another

ā€˜in this case, you must prepend the server name to the database name, separated by a period’;

Appendverb

To hang or attach to, as by a string, so that the thing is suspended; as, a seal appended to a record; the inscription was appended to the column.

Appendverb

To add, as an accessory to the principal thing; to annex; as, notes appended to this chapter.

ā€˜A further purpose appended to the primary one.’;

Appendverb

add to the very end;

ā€˜He appended a glossary to his novel where he used an invented language’;

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Appendverb

fix to; attach;

ā€˜append a charm to the necklace’;

Appendverb

state or say further;

ā€˜`It doesn't matter,' he supplied’;

Appendverb

add (something) to the end of a written document

ā€˜the results of the survey are appended to this chapter’;

Append

In computer programming, append is the operation for concatenating linked lists or arrays in some high-level programming languages.

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