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Chapter 17. Namespaces > ActionScript Namespaces
17.2. ActionScript Namespaces
In ActionScript, a namespace is a qualifier for the name of a variable, method, XML tag, or XML attribute. A qualifier limits, or "qualifies" the meaning of an identifier, giving us the ability to say in code "this orange variable is a fruit, not a color" or "this search( ) method applies to Japanese language searching, not English" or "this <TABLE> tag describes HTML page layout, not a piece of furniture."
Using ActionScript namespaces to qualify variable and method names we can:
