concatenation

joining of strings in a programming language
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concatenation

Summary

concatenation ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,230 views/month).[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 ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,230 views/month).[1] concatenation has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] concatenation is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

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] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · ~2026-46149-74 · 2026-08-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → string operation, binary operation, connection
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q164307]]"
  2. 11w 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)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P8864]]: [[Q670834]]"
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