prepending

priːˈpɛndɪŋ

Definition

Definition of prepending - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

technology

TECH.

act of adding at the beginning

TECH.

Prepending is common in programming for adding headers.

prefixing

Adjective

beginning

TECH.

adding something at the start

TECH.

Prepending text can change the meaning of a sentence.

initializing

prefixing

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Origin of prepending

Latin, prae (before) + pendere (to hang)

Examples of prepending in a sentence

The software uses prepending for file versioning.
Prepending a zero can fix the formatting issue.
The prepending step was crucial for the process.

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French:préfixage, préfixant, ...
German:Präfixierung, voranstellend, ...
Italian:aggiunta iniziale, anteposto, ...
Spanish:anteposición, preparatorio, ...
Portuguese:adição no início, inicial, ...
Chinese:前缀, 前置的, ...
Japanese:プレペンディング, 前置きの, ...
Arabic:إضَافَة بادِئَة, مُسْبَق, ...
Hebrew:הוֹסָפָה בַּתְּחִלָּה, מֻקְדָּם לְפָנִים, ...
Russian:препендинг, добавляющий, ...
Ukrainian:препендинг, додавальний, ...
Hindi:प्रारंभ में जोड़ना, प्रारंभिक समावेशन, ...
Bengali:প্রিপেন্ডিং, শুরুর যোগ, ...
Catalan:afegiment inicial, prepenent, ...
Czech:prependování, předřazený, ...
Danish:foranstilling, foranstillet, ...
Dutch:voorvoegen, voorafgaand, ...
Greek:προσθήκη στην αρχή, προσαρμογή στην αρχή, ...
Hungarian:előfűzés, elejére hozzáadó, ...
Khmer:ការបន្ថែមនៅខាងដើម, បន្ថែមនៅខាងដើម, ...
Korean:앞에 추가하기, 앞에 추가하는, ...
Persian:پیش‌افزودن, اضافه کردن در ابتدا, ...
Polish:przedrostkowanie, poprzedzający, ...
Portuguese (BR):adição no início, precedente, ...
Romanian:prependare, prepandare, ...
Swedish:föranvändning, ...
Thai:การเพิ่มที่จุดเริ่มต้น, เพิ่มที่จุดเริ่มต้น, ...
Turkish:başına ekleme, başlangıçta eklenen, ...
Vietnamese:thêm vào đầu, chèn vào đầu, ...

prepend

priːˈpɛnd

Definition of prepend - Reverso English Dictionary

Verb

tr.

technology

TECH.

attach something at the start of another

TECH.

Prepend the file name to the path.
You need to prepend the code with a comment.
The developer decided to prepend a timestamp to each log entry.

attach

prefix

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Origin of prepend

Latin, prae (before) + pendere (to hang)

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French:préfixer, ...
German:voranstellen, ...
Italian:anteporre, ...
Spanish:adjuntar, ...
Portuguese:adicionar no início, ...
Chinese:在前面加上, ...
Japanese:付ける, ...
Arabic:أضاف في البداية, ...
Hebrew:לְהוֹסִיף בַּתְּחִילָה, ...
Russian:предварять, ...
Ukrainian:додавати, ...
Hindi:जोड़ना, ...
Bengali:সংযুক্ত করা, ...
Catalan:precedir, ...
Czech:předřadit, ...
Danish:tilføje, ...
Dutch:voorvoegen, ...
Greek:προσθέτω στην αρχή, ...
Hungarian:eléfűzni, ...
Khmer:បន្ថែមនៅខាងដើម, ...
Korean:붙이다, ...
Persian:اضافه کرد, ...
Polish:dodawać, ...
Portuguese (BR):prefixar, ...
Romanian:a adăuga la început, ...
Swedish:föranleda, ...
Thai:เพิ่ม, ...
Turkish:başına eklemek, ...
Vietnamese:thêm, ...

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Definition of prepending - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

Adjective

Origin of prepending

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Definition of prepend - Reverso English Dictionary

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Origin of prepend

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