Appending

/əˈpɛndɪŋ/ verb

Definition

Adding something to the end of something else, usually a document or list.

Etymology

From Latin 'appendere' meaning 'to hang upon,' combined with the present participle suffix '-ing.' The word evolved from physical attachment to modern use in writing and computing.

Kelly Says

This word appears hundreds of times daily in computing—every time you append data to a file, you're using terminology that originally described hanging seals on medieval documents!

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