namespace

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈneɪmspeɪs/

Noun

namespace (plural namespaces)

1. (programming) A conceptual space that groups classes, identifiers, etc. to avoid conflicts with items in unrelated code that have the same names.

Translations

• French: espace de nom, espace de noms
• German: Namensraum
• Portuguese: namespace, espaço de nomes
• Russian: простра́нство имён

Verb

namespace (namespaces, present participle namespacing; past and past participle namespaced)

1. (programming) To categorize by placing into a namespace.
   • 2004, Michael Kay, XSLT 2.0 Programmer's Reference‎

     Something I haven't captured in this schema is that the GEDCOM spec also says the structure is extensible; arbitrary namespaced elements may be inserted […]

   • 2007, Jonathan Snook, Aaron Gustafson, Stuart Langridge, Dan Webb, Accelerated DOM Scripting with Ajax, APIs, and Libraries‎

     Although the excessive namespacing might seem like a hassle, there's always a really quick way to create a shortcut.

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