What does "naming convention" mean?

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".

Naming convention

Q: What is a synonym for "naming convention"?

Common synonyms include: chemical salt, coding convention, data file naming scheme, ethnonymic adjective, file naming standard, identifier naming standard.

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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".

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chemical salt coding convention data file naming scheme ethnonymic adjective file naming standard identifier naming standard

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arbitrary naming inconsistent naming random file naming random naming

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