prepends
Attaches at start
Prepends is the third-person singular of prepend, meaning to attach something to the beginning.
The word mirrors append, which adds to the end: The system automatically prepends a timestamp to each filename.
Common in computing and technical contexts where the position of added elements matters.
Slender fiber or character sequence
- concatenationJoining items end-to-end
- insertPlace within another thing
- bufferProtective intermediate space
- arrayOrdered collection or display
header · metadata · timestamp · delimiter · token · parse · character · byte
Word-part modifier
- prefixRoot-modifying front element
- hyphenationDash-based word linking
- compoundCombined into one
- morphemeSmallest meaningful language unit
root · stem · derivation · enclitic · clitic · infix · concatenation · string
string
Slender fiber or character sequence
- concatenationJoining items end-to-end
- insertPlace within another thing
- bufferProtective intermediate space
array · header · metadata · timestamp · delimiter · token · parse · character · byte · operator
attach
Join or connect
join · combine · precede · front · beginning · lead · introduce · place · position · extend
affix
Word-part modifier
- prefixRoot-modifying front element
- hyphenationDash-based word linking
- compoundCombined into one
morpheme · root · stem · derivation · enclitic · clitic · infix · concatenation · string · attachment