different between append vs postscript

English

Etymology

From Latin appendere (“to hang up, suspend on, pay out”), via Old French apendre, appendre, via Middle English appenden; from ad (“on, upon, against”) + pendere (“to suspend, hang”), equivalent to ad- +? pend. Compare with Old English appenden, apenden (“to belong”). See also pendant.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??p?nd/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /??p?nd/
• Rhymes: -?nd
• Homophone: upend

Verb

append (third-person singular simple present appends, present participle appending, simple past and past participle appended)

1. (transitive) To hang or attach to, as by a string, so that the thing is suspended

2. (transitive) To add, as an accessory to the principal thing; to annex

3. (computing) To write more data to the end of a pre-existing file, string, or other object.

Derived terms

• appendage
• prepend

Translations

Noun

append (plural appends)

1. (computing) An instance of writing more data to the end of an existing file.

References

• append in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• napped

French

Verb

append

1. third-person singular present indicative of appendre

English

Alternative forms

• post script
• postscriptum (post scriptum)
• PS (P.S., p.s., etc.)

Etymology

From New Latin postscriptum, from Latin, neuter of postscriptus, past participle of postscr?b? (“write after”), from post (“after”) + scr?b? (“write”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?po?st.sk??pt/

Noun

postscript (plural postscripts)

1. (countable) An addendum to a letter, added after the author's signature.
2. (countable) An addition to a story, play, etc. after its completion.

Usage notes

To indicate the beginning of a postscript to a letter, one often uses the abbreviation PS (or P.S., p.s., etc) followed by a colon or comma.

Synonyms

• (addendum to a letter): afterscript, afterword

Translations

Verb

postscript (third-person singular simple present postscripts, present participle postscripting, simple past and past participle postscripted)

1. To extend (a letter or another document) with additional remarks.