postfix
English
Etymology
post- + fix
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpəʊst.fɪks/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈpoʊstfɪks/
Verb
postfix (third-person singular simple present postfixes, present participle postfixing, simple past and past participle postfixed)
- (transitive) To suffix.
- (biology) To subject a sample to postfixation
Noun
postfix (plural postfixes)
- (chiefly computing) Suffix.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Parkhurst to this entry?)
- 1843, George Moody, The English journal of education, volume 1, page 69:
- Two, or three at the very most, of the prefixes or postfixes are quite sufficient for one day's lesson.
- 2006, Patrick Blackburn · Johan Bos · Kristina Striegnitz, Learn Prolog Now!, §9.4
- An example of a postfix operator is the ++ notation used in the C programming language to increment the value of a variable.
Usage notes
Postfix is often used in programming or computing, while in the modern era suffix is used elsewhere, especially in linguistics.
Derived terms
- postfix notation
See also
- reverse Polish notation
- infix