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  1. [analysis/geoprocessing] Connecting two or more features from different sets of data so that they become a single feature. Media/joining.gif
  2. [database structures, Esri software] Appending the fields of one table to those of another through an attribute or field common to both tables. A join is typically used to attach more attributes to the attribute table of a geographic layer.

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