In two films about the Titanic, Murdoch was portrayed shooting passengers and himself during the sinking; this was based on a number of eyewitness testimonies of a shooting/suicide by an officer during the launching of the last lifeboat. It is possible that Murdoch was the officer.
In general, to append is to join or add on to the end of something. For example, an appendix is a section appended (added to the end) of a document. In computer programming, append is the name of a procedure for concatenating (linked) lists or arrays in some high-level programming languages.
â¢ APPENDAGE (noun). The noun APPENDAGE has 3 senses: 1. an external body part that projects from the body. 2. a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant. 3. a part that is joined to something larger. Familiarity information: APPENDAGE used as a noun is uncommon.ppendix; cecal appendage; vermiform appendix; vermiform process (a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch). papilla (a small nipple-shaped protuberance concerned with taste, touch, or smell).