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namespace

Syllables: name·space/ˈneɪmspeɪs/

namespace noun: a conceptual space that groups classes, identifiers, etc. in order to avoid conflicts with items in unrelated code that carry the same names.

Noun

namespace (plural 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

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

  1. 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 […]2004, Michael Kay, XSLT 2.0 Programmer's Reference
    • Although the excessive namespacing might seem like a hassle, there's always a really quick way to create a shortcut.2007, Jonathan Snook, Aaron Gustafson, Stuart Langridge, Dan Webb, Accelerated DOM Scripting with Ajax, APIs, and Libraries

namespace meaning in Malayalam, Arabic, Thai and Vietnamese

namespace in Malayalam

നാമമേഖല

namespace in Arabic

conceptual space
نِطَاقُ الْأَسْمَاء niṭāqu l-ʔasmāʔ

namespace in Thai

conceptual space
เนมสเปซ neem-sà-bpées

namespace in Vietnamese

conceptual space
không gian tên

Forms of namespace

Noun
pluralnamespaces
Verb
third-person singular presentnamespaces
present participlenamespacing
past participlenamespaced
pastnamespaced

Origin of namespace

From name + space.

Words formed from namespace

Questions about namespace

What does namespace mean?
Namespace means a conceptual space that groups classes, identifiers, etc. in order to avoid conflicts with items in unrelated code that carry the same names.
What is namespace in Malayalam?
Namespace in Malayalam is നാമമേഖല. See Namespace meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is namespace?
Namespace can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce namespace?
Namespace is pronounced /ˈneɪmspeɪs/.
What is the plural of namespace?
The plural of namespace is namespaces.

Words near namespace in the dictionary

  1. nameserver
  2. nameservers
  3. namesign
  4. namesigns
  5. namesmanship
  6. namespace
  7. namespaced
  8. namespaces
  9. namespacing
  10. namest
  11. nametag

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: namespace (page history and authors); namespace (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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