namespace

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namespace

  • /ˈneɪmspeɪs/

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From name + space.

noun namespaces

  1. A conceptual space that groups classes, identifiers, etc. in order to avoid conflicts with items in unrelated code that carry the same names.

verb namespaces · namespacing · namespaced

  1. transitive To categorize by placing into a namespace. 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 […]

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noun conceptual space

Españolespacio de nombres
한국어이름공간 ireumgonggan, 네임스페이스 neimseupeiseu
日本語名前空間 namae kūkan, ネームスペース nēmusupēsu
中文命名空間 /命名空间 mìngmíng kōngjiān
Portuguêsnamespace, espaço de nomes
Françaisespace de nom, espace de noms
DeutschNamensraum
Italianonamespace, spazio dei nomi
Ελληνικάονοματοχώρος onomatochóros
Русскийпростра́нство имён prostránstvo imjón
Tiếng Việtkhông gian tên
العربيةنِطَاقُ الْأَسْمَاء niṭāqu l-ʔasmāʔ

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@misc{namespace_2026,
  title = {namespace},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/namespace},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}