namespace

name·space
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/ˈneɪmspeɪs/

noun

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

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Meanings

nounnamespace (plural namespaces)

plural namespaces

  1. computingA conceptual space that groups classes, identifiers, etc. in order to avoid conflicts with items in unrelated code that carry the same names.
verbnamespace (third-person singular simple present namespaces, present participle namespacing, simple past and past participle namespaced)

present singular third person namespaces · participle present namespacing · participle past namespaced · past namespaced

  1. transitivecomputingTo categorize by placing into a namespace.

    SOAP adheres to extensive namespacing and attribute specification tags.

    2007, Jon Arking, Professional Windows Live Programming
    2 more examples

    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

Origin

From name + space.

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Translations

Arabic نِطَاقُ الْأَسْمَاء
  • نِطَاقُ الْأَسْمَاء (niṭāqu l-ʔasmāʔ)conceptual space
Bulgarian и́менно простра́нство
  • и́менно простра́нство (ímenno prostránstvo)conceptual space
Chinese Mandarin 命名空間 /命名空间
  • 命名空間 /命名空间 (mìngmíng kōngjiān)conceptual space
Czech jmenný prostor
  • jmenný prostorconceptual space
Dutch naamruimte
  • naamruimteconceptual space
Esperanto nomspaco, nomspacoj
  • nomspacoconceptual space
  • nomspacojconceptual space
Estonian nimeruum
  • nimeruumconceptual space
Finnish nimiavaruus
  • nimiavaruusconceptual space
French espace de nom, espace de noms
  • espace de nomconceptual space
  • espace de nomsconceptual space
German Namensraum
  • Namensraumconceptual space
Greek ονοματοχώρος
  • ονοματοχώρος (onomatochóros)conceptual space
Hungarian névtér
  • névtérconceptual space
Italian namespace, spazio dei nomi
  • namespaceconceptual space
  • spazio dei nomiconceptual space
Japanese 名前空間, ネームスペース
  • 名前空間 (namae kūkan)conceptual space
  • ネームスペース (nēmusupēsu)conceptual space
Korean 이름공간, 네임스페이스
  • 이름공간 (ireumgonggan)conceptual space
  • 네임스페이스 (neimseupeiseu)conceptual space
Polish przestrzeń nazw
  • przestrzeń nazwconceptual space
Portuguese namespace, espaço de nomes
  • namespaceconceptual space
  • espaço de nomesconceptual space
Russian простра́нство имён
  • простра́нство имён (prostránstvo imjón)conceptual space
Slovak menný priestor
  • menný priestorconceptual space
Spanish espacio de nombres
  • espacio de nombresconceptual space
Swedish namnrymd
  • namnrymdconceptual space
Thai เนมสเปซ
  • เนมสเปซ (neem-sà-bpées)conceptual space
Turkish ad uzayı, isim uzayı
  • ad uzayıconceptual space
  • isim uzayıconceptual space
Ukrainian про́стір іме́н, про́стір назв
  • про́стір іме́н (próstir imén)conceptual space
  • про́стір назв (próstir nazv)conceptual space
Vietnamese không gian tên
  • không gian tênconceptual space

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

namescape
Cite this entry
APA

namespace. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/namespace

MLA

“namespace.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/namespace. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “namespace,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/namespace.

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