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paamayim nekudotayim

paamayim nekudotayim noun: the scope resolution operator :: in the PHP programming language.

Noun

paamayim nekudotayim

  1. The scope resolution operator :: in the PHP programming language.

Origin of paamayim nekudotayim

From Hebrew פעמיים נקודתיים (“double colon”); introduced in the Israeli-developed Zend Engine 0.5 used in PHP 3. The correct word should be nekudatayim, but Israelis commonly say the word with this mistake.

Questions about paamayim nekudotayim

What does paamayim nekudotayim mean?
Paamayim nekudotayim means the scope resolution operator :: in the PHP programming language.
What part of speech is paamayim nekudotayim?
Paamayim nekudotayim is a noun.

Words near paamayim nekudotayim in the dictionary

  1. Paaknam
  2. Paal-Knorr syntheses
  3. Paal-Knorr synthesis
  4. Paaliaq
  5. Paama
  6. paamayim nekudotayim
  7. Paamese
  8. paan
  9. paanakam
  10. Paang Bundok
  11. paans

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