Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
Proto-Italic *ad
Proto-Italic *ad-
Latin ad-
Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend-
Proto-Indo-European *(s)péndeti
Proto-Italic *pendō
Latin pendō
Latin appendō
Old French apendrebor.
Middle English appenden
English append
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.
Meanings
An instance of writing more data to the end of an existing file or sequential data structure, such as a list.
When a file is created or expanded due to an append of new data to the file, new blocks are allocated to the file. 2016, Sibsankar Haldar, SQLite Database System Design and Implementation:
After recursively sorting the two subsets, the situation is (11,28) 35 (45,50,62) and an append of the three pieces gives the final result. 1997, Jeffrey H. Kingston, Algorithms and Data Structures, →ISBN:
Logging can be used to back out bad data, be it an overwrite of existing data or an append of new data. 2007, Jeff LeSueur, Marketing Automation: Practical Steps to More Effective Direct Marketing, →ISBN:
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
Proto-Italic *ad
Proto-Italic *ad-
Latin ad-
Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend-
Proto-Indo-European *(s)péndeti
Proto-Italic *pendō
Latin pendō
Latin appendō
Old French apendrebor.
Middle English appenden
English append
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.
Meanings
(transitive) To hang or attach to, as by a string, so that the thing is suspended.
An inscription was appended to the column.
a seal appended to a record
(transitive) To add, as an accessory to the principal thing; to annex.
notes appended to a book chapter
To write more data to the end of a pre-existing file, string, or other object.
pt agregar (to add as an accessory) · de anheften (to hang or attach to, as by a string) · cmn 附上 (to hang or attach to, as by a string) · bg прибавям (to add as an accessory) · pt atrelar (to hang or attach to, as by a string) · pt anexar (to add as an accessory) · pl dołączyć (to hang or attach to, as by a string) · bg окачвам (to hang or attach to, as by a string) · nl bijvoegen (to add as an accessory) · fa آویزانیدن (to hang or attach to, as by a string) · fr ajouter (to add as an accessory) · fi liittää (to hang or attach to, as by a string) · it attaccare (to hang or attach to, as by a string) · fr suspendre (to hang or attach to, as by a string) · la adiungō (to add as an accessory) · fa پیوندانیدن (to hang or attach to, as by a string) · it aggiungere (to add as an accessory) · pt juntar (to hang or attach to, as by a string) · fi liittää (to add as an accessory) · es inserir (to add as an accessory) · de heften (to hang or attach to, as by a string) · ru подвешивать (to hang or attach to, as by a string) · nl aanhechten (to hang or attach to, as by a string) · es enserir (to add as an accessory) · es apostillar (to add as an accessory) · pl doczepić (to hang or attach to, as by a string) · nl bevestigen (to hang or attach to, as by a string) · ota آصمق (to hang or attach to, as by a string) · ru добавлять (to add as an accessory) · nl vastmaken (to hang or attach to, as by a string) · es injerir (to add as an accessory) · nl hechten (to hang or attach to, as by a string) · pt apensar (to hang or attach to, as by a string) · bg закачам (to hang or attach to, as by a string) · de hinzufügen (to add as an accessory) · fi kiinnittää (to hang or attach to, as by a string) · ca agregar (to add as an accessory) · da tilføje (to hang or attach to, as by a string) · fr appendre (to hang or attach to, as by a string) · de beifügen (to add as an accessory) · pt apensar (to add as an accessory) · bg добавям (to add as an accessory) · bg прилагам (to add as an accessory) · br ouzhpennañ (to add as an accessory) · cmn 附加 (to hang or attach to, as by a string) · fr ajouter (to hang or attach to, as by a string) · tl idagdag (to add as an accessory) · ota طاقمق (to hang or attach to, as by a string) · pt anexar (to hang or attach to, as by a string) · nl toevoegen (to add as an accessory)