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concatenate

con·cat·e·nate [ kon kátt'n àyt ]


transitive verb  (past and past participle con·cat·e·nat·ed, present participle con·cat·e·nat·ing, 3rd person present singular con·cat·e·nates)
Definition:
 
1. bring things together: to connect separate units or items into a linked system

2. comput link units together: in computing, to link two or more information units, e.g. character strings or computer files, so that they form a single unit



adjective 
Definition:
 
comput linked together: linked together in a sequence or chain

[15th century. < late Latin concatenat-, past participle of concatenare "chain together" < Latin catena "chain"]
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