appender

English

Etymology

From append +‎ -er.

Noun

appender (plural appenders)

1. (computing) A software component that appends data to a computer file.

   Coordinate term: prepender

   • 2006, Rob Harrop, John Carnell, edited by Kunal Mittal, Pro Apache Struts with Ajax, page 332:

     For this appender, you specify the appender and layout as discussed and also specify the File parameter for the appender so that the appender knows which file to place the log data in.

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