Namespace
{{otheruses4|namespaces in general|their use in computing|Namespace (computer science)}}In general, a
namespace is an abstract container providing context for the items (
names, or
technical terms, or
words) it holds and allowing disambiguation of items having the same name (residing in different namespaces).As a rule, names in a namespace cannot have more than one meaning, that is, two or more things cannot share the same name. A namespace is also called a
context, as the valid meaning of a name can change depending on what namespace applies. Names in it can represent objects as well as
concept, whether it is a natural or ethnic language, a
constructed language, the
technical terminology of a profession, a
dialect, a
sociolect, or an artificial language (e.g., a
programming language).For many programming languages, a
namespace is a context for
identifiers. In an operating system, an example of namespace is a directory. It contains items which must have unique names. In the
Java programming language, items that appear in namespaces have a short (local) name and unique long "qualified" names for use outside the name space. Also, some languages (such as C) combine namespace and names in a process called
name mangling in order to eradicate
ambiguity.
See also
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NamensraumNamespaceEspace de noms이름공간NamespaceNaamruimte名前空間Przestrzeń nazwEspaço de nomesПространство имёнเนมสเปซKhông gian tên命名空间
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