different between prepend vs cons

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p???p?nd/

  Rhymes: -?nd

Etymology 1

From pre- + (ap)pend, by analogy with append.

Verb

prepend (third-person singular simple present prepends, present participle prepending, simple past and past participle prepended)

1. (computing, linguistics, transitive) To attach (an expression, phrase, etc.) to another, as a prefix.

Translations

Noun

prepend (plural prepends)

1. The act of prepending.

See also

• append
• postpend
• prefix
• postfix

Etymology 2

From pre- +? Latin pendere (“weigh”).

Verb

prepend (third-person singular simple present prepends, present participle prepending, simple past and past participle prepended)

1. (rare, transitive) To premeditate; to weigh up mentally.

Anagrams

• perpend

English

Etymology 1

Noun

cons

1. plural of con

Etymology 2

Clipping of construct.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?nz/, /?k?ns/

Noun

cons (plural conses)

1. (programming) A data structure in LISP that is a pair of pointers, car and cdr, used mainly for lists.

   Synonym: cons cell

   Meronyms: car, cdr

Verb

cons (third-person singular simple present conses, present participle consing, simple past and past participle consed)

1. (programming) To obtain a list from a cons or a nesting of conses; to prepend an element to a list by forming a cons of that element and the list; to obtain a list from a smaller one by repeated application of such kind of prepending.

Etymology 3

Verb

cons

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of con

Anagrams

• CNOs, NCOs, NOCs, OCNs, ONCs, ONSC, scon

Catalan

Noun

cons

1. plural of con

French

Noun

cons m

1. plural of con