namespace

Speech parts

1. namespace - Noun

2. namespace - Verb

Meaning

namespace (plural namespaces)

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

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

(programming) To categorize by placing into a namespace.

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Examples

A tree is a collection of one or more domains and domain trees in a contiguous namespace, linked in a transitive trust hierarchy. Source: Internet

A namespace name also does not necessarily imply any of the semantics of URI schemes; a namespace name beginning with 'http:', for example, may have nothing to do with the HTTP protocol. Source: Internet

A programmer can insert the using directive to bypass namespace resolution requirements and obtain backwards compatibility with older code that expects all identifiers to be in the global namespace. Source: Internet

As well as its abstract language technical usage as described above, some languages have a specific keyword used for explicit namespace control, amongst other uses. Source: Internet

A universe in which every object had a UID would not need any namespaces, which is to say that it would constitute one gigantic namespace; but human minds could never keep track of, or semantically interrelate, so many UIDs. Source: Internet

A library defines items that should be compiled and handled together, while a module defines the namespace. Source: Internet

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