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namespace

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(general) namespace

A namespace is a collection of entities. To put it more simply it's like a family of objects. For instance in C++ namespace entities could be referenced as foo::bar and foo::nobar, foo being the namespace and bar and nobar being the entities. XML references namespace entities in a very alike way.

The purpose of a namespace is to minimize the possibility of duplicating names. So, where as before you couldn't have two bars, now you can have foo::bar and bar::bar.

Namespace in specific languages

• Namespace in C++

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