For the Wiktionary's namespaces, see Wiktionary:Namespace.

English

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

Verb

namespace ‎(third-person singular simple present namespaces, present participle namespacing, simple 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.

   • 2007, Jon Arking, Professional Windows Live Programming‎

     SOAP adheres to extensive namespacing and attribute specification tags.

See also

• environment

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowing from English namespace.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌnejm.ˈspejs/, /ˌnejm.ˈspej.si/

Noun

namespace m (plural namespaces)

1. (programming) namespace (abstract space of keywords)

Synonyms

• espaço de nomes