Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

namespace

/ˈneɪmspeɪs/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.53 in modern English

Syllables: name-space
IPA: /ˈneɪmspeɪs/

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

verb

To categorize by placing into a namespace.

Example Sentences

"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 […]"
"Although the excessive namespacing might seem like a hassle, there's always a really quick way to create a shortcut."
"SOAP adheres to extensive namespacing and attribute specification tags."

Etymology

From name + space.

Inflected Forms

namespaces (plural) namespaces (present, singular) namespacing (participle, present) namespaced (participle, past) namespaced (past)

Derived Forms

mainspace pseudonamespace subnamespace userspace

Frequently Paired Words

environment

Questions

How do you pronounce namespace?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈneɪmspeɪs/.
What does namespace mean?: A conceptual space that groups classes, identifiers, etc. in order to avoid conflicts with items in unrelated code that carry the same names.
Where does namespace come from?: From name + space.

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