append

Pronunciation: /ʌˈpɛnd/

The English word “append” has 4 meanings listed here.

verb

To hang or attach to, as by a string, so that the thing is suspended.
To add, as an accessory to the principal thing; to annex.
To write more data to the end of a pre-existing file, string, or other object.

noun

An instance of writing more data to the end of an existing file or sequential data structure, such as a list.

Etymology

From Latin appendere (“to hang up, suspend on, pay out”), via Old French apendre, appendre, via Middle English appenden; from ad (“on, upon, against”) + pendere (“to suspend, hang”), equivalent to ad- + pend. Compare with Old English appenden, apenden (“to belong”). See also pendant.

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