Namespace vs Prefix - What's the difference?
namespace | prefix |
(computing) A conceptual space that groups classes, identifiers, etc. to avoid conflicts with items in unrelated code that have the same names.
(computing) To categorize by placing into a namespace.
* 2004 , Michael Kay, XSLT 2.0 Programmer's Reference?
* 2007 , Jonathan Snook, Aaron Gustafson, Stuart Langridge, Dan Webb, Accelerated DOM Scripting with Ajax, APIs, and Libraries?
* 2007 , Jon Arking, Professional Windows Live Programming?
That which is prefixed; especially one or more letters or syllables added to the beginning of a word to modify its meaning; as, pre-'' in prefix, ''con- in conjure.
(label) To determine beforehand; to set in advance.
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*:he took the Quene Gueneuer and sayd playnly that he wolde wedde hyr / whyche was his vnkyls wyf and his faders wyf / And soo he made redy for the feest / And a day prefyxt that they shold be wedded / wherfore quene Gweneuer was passyng huey / But she durst not dyscouer hyr herte
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*:But the danger was, that a man can hardly prefix any certaine limits unto his desire.
(label) To put or fix before, or at the beginning of something; to place at the start.
As a noun namespace
is (computing) a conceptual space that groups classes, identifiers, etc to avoid conflicts with items in unrelated code that have the same names.As a verb namespace
is (computing) to categorize by placing into a namespace.As an adjective prefix is
preset, predetermined.namespace
English
Noun
(wikipedia namespace) (en noun)Verb
(en-verb)- 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.