namespace

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.5 See also

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[edit] Etymology

From name and space.

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namespace (plural namespaces)

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

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to namespace (third-person singular simple present namespaces, present participle namespacing, simple past and past participle namespaced)

1. (computing) 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.

   • 2007, Jon Arking, Professional Windows Live Programming‎

     SOAP adheres to extensive namespacing and attribute specification tags.

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• environment