concatenation

joining of strings in a programming language
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concatenation

Summary

concatenation has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1]

Key Facts

  • concatenation is a type of string operation[2].
  • concatenation is a type of binary operation[3].
  • concatenation is a type of connection[4].
  • concatenation's notation is recorded as juxtaposition[5].
  • concatenation's notation is recorded as plus sign[6].
  • concatenation's notation is recorded as ⌢[7].
  • concatenation's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/concatenation[8].
  • concatenation's has characteristic is recorded as associativity[9].
  • concatenation's definition domain is recorded as string[10].
  • concatenation's different from is recorded as concatenation of sets of strings[11].
  • concatenation's image of function is recorded as string[12].
  • concatenation's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[13].
  • concatenation's does not have characteristic is recorded as commutative property[14].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include string operation[2], binary operation[3], and connection[4].

Influence

Things named for concatenation include cat[15], a standard UNIX utility or command[16].

Why It Matters

concatenation has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1] concatenation is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Entities named for concatenation include cat[15], a standard UNIX utility or command[16].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . math.stackexchange.com. math.stackexchange.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [15] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [16] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · YoshiRulz · 2026-07-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Does not have characteristic commutative property
    Different from concatenation of sets of strings
    Subclass of
    Maintained by wikiproject WikiProject Mathematics
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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