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Namespace vs Subnamespace - What's the difference?

namespace | subnamespace |

In computing|lang=en terms the difference between namespace and subnamespace

is that namespace is (computing) to categorize by placing into a namespace while subnamespace is (computing) a namespace within another namespace.

As nouns the difference between namespace and subnamespace

is that namespace is (computing) a conceptual space that groups classes, identifiers, etc to avoid conflicts with items in unrelated code that have the same names while subnamespace is (computing) a namespace within another namespace.

As a verb namespace

is (computing) to categorize by placing into a namespace.

namespace

English

Noun

(wikipedia namespace) (en noun)
  • (computing) A conceptual space that groups classes, identifiers, etc. to avoid conflicts with items in unrelated code that have the same names.

    • Verb

    (en-verb)
  • (computing) To categorize by placing into a namespace.
  • * 2004 , Michael Kay, XSLT 2.0 Programmer's Reference?
    • 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...
  • * 2007 , Jonathan Snook, Aaron Gustafson, Stuart Langridge, Dan Webb, Accelerated DOM Scripting with Ajax, APIs, and Libraries?
    • Although the excessive namespacing might seem like a hassle, there's always a really quick way to create a shortcut.
  • * 2007 , Jon Arking, Professional Windows Live Programming?
    • SOAP adheres to extensive namespacing and attribute specification tags.

    See also

    * environment

    subnamespace

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (computing) A namespace within another namespace.
  • * 2011 , Timothy Mullen, Microsoft Security Bible (page 204)
    • Remember that there are subnamespaces that we need as well, but by default this setting will only apply to the current namespace, so setting these permissions is not enough.