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CATENATION [2 records]

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Record 1 2004-06-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
  • Artificial Intelligence
DEF

... the operation that joins two strings in the order specified, thus forming one string whose length is equal to the sum of the lengths of the two strings. It is specified by the operator.

CONT

Appending one string to another is called concatenation (or sometimes simply catenation).

OBS

Within the general framework of files and file processing, concatenation refers to the operation of creating a collection of data by linking together several smaller collections. The resulting concatenated data set then can be processed as a single collection without relinquishing the individual identities of its components.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
  • Intelligence artificielle
DEF

Opération consistant à faire une seule liste (ou chaîne) à partir de deux listes (ou chaînes) en les mettant bout à bout.

CONT

[...] il est fréquent que l'ordinateur rejette une réponse mal tapée [...] même si elle est par ailleurs tout à fait acceptable. La plupart des systèmes proposent [...] des palliatifs à ces inconvénients : inversion automatique des majuscules et minuscules, élimination des blancs par concaténation [...]

CONT

Le système s'exprime [...] lorsqu'il pose des questions à l'utilisateur ou lorsqu'il affiche des messages d'explication. Dans les deux cas, il procède par concaténation de morceaux de phrases prédéfinis attachés aux objets manipulés.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratamiento de la información (Informática)
  • Inteligencia artificial
DEF

[Operación de] enlace de estructuras de datos, por ejemplo, campos, registros y archivos (ficheros).

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Record 2 2002-03-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
  • Biotechnology
DEF

The process of joining atoms together to form a chain.

CONT

Carbon has the ability to form successively two other C-atoms to form chains of varying lengths and shapes. This property of carbon is called "Catenation". Catenation is responsible for the variety and a large number of organic compounds.

OBS

Carbon shows by far the greatest tendency to catenate, forming millions of catenated molecules. Sulphur too can catenate.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
  • Biotechnologie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Elementos y compuestos químicos
  • Biotecnología
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