naming convention

English

Noun

naming convention (plural naming conventions)

1. A collection of rules followed by a set of names which allow users to deduce useful information, based on the names' character sequence and knowledge of the rules followed; such as Manhattan's East-West streets being called "Streets" and its North-South streets being called "Avenues".

Translations

collection of rules for names

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 改名習慣／改名习惯 (ming⁶ ming⁴ zaap⁶ gwaan³), 命名法 (ming⁶ ming⁴ faat³)

  Mandarin: 命名規則／命名规则 (mìngmíngguīzé), 命名法 (zh) (mìngmíngfǎ)

• Dutch: naamgevingsconventie
• German: Namenskonvention f, Benennungsregel f
• Japanese: 命名法 (meimeihō)
• Korean: 명명법 (ko) (myeongmyeongbeop)
• Low German:

  Dutch Low Saxon: naamgeavingkonventy

• Swedish: namnkonvention

See also

• nomenclature