naming convention

collocation in English

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name
noun
uk
/neɪm/us
/neɪm/
the word or words that a person, thing, or place is ...
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convention
noun
uk
/kənˈven.ʃən/us
/kənˈven.ʃən/
a large formal meeting of people who do a particular job or have a similar interest, or a large meeting for a ...
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(Definition ofnameandconventionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofnaming convention

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Throughout the paper, we prefer to maintain a uniformnamingconventionboth for programs and queries.
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To assist the reader, we have adhered to a consistentnamingconvention.
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Table 2 summarizes all the indices and theirnamingconvention.
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An alternative traditionalnamingconventionconsists of the first name followed by a double patronym, usually with the father and grandfather's names.
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Other brewing methods based on percolation followed, and this earlynamingconventioncan cause confusion with other percolation methods.
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The onlynamingconventionis that there is no convention.
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Thisnamingconventionhas since been maintained, with (higher-altitude) layers that were subsequently discovered being given names of this sort.
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A strokenamingconventionsums the names of the basic strokes, in the writing order.
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Thisnamingconventionremains in continuing use (as of 2008) since then.
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In general, thenamingconventionfor a feature type remains the same regardless of its size.
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The typicalnamingconventionis to add 100 to a route containing a local trunk highway.
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Entire rail systems or political areas may adopt a commonnamingconvention.
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However, the widely adopted standardnamingconventionfor musical intervals classifies them as "perfect" intervals, together with the octave and unison.
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Some files appear to have a hierarchicalnamingconvention, however.
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It also has universal applicability as a source-independentnamingconventionfor oligomers.
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Films from 1929 to 1935 which were re-released during this time also used thisnamingconvention.
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This alternatenamingconventionwas continued as other computer manufacturers published their documentation.
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Before any systematicnamingconventionwas adopted, comets were named in a variety of ways.
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The samenamingconventionapplies to these tributaries.
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Anothernamingconventionis to use "al-" before a letter with suppressed vowel, thus "alkayanna".
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