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double colon

symbol used in programming languages and in verbal logic
Thing Program Operator Q1426774

Facts

5 properties
Instance of
program operator
Part of
PHP, C++, Rust, Java[2][3][4][5]
Has use
scope resolution operator, type ascription, tensor contraction, analogy, cons, abbreviation[6][7][8][9][10][11]
Has part(s)
colon[13]
Unicode character
::[12]
🏷️ Also known as
en :: operator en two colons en :: en colon-colon en double colon en double-colon en double colons de Gültigkeitsbereichsoperator de Paamayim Nekudotayim he פעמיים נקודתיים ru двойное двоеточие
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Summary

double colon is a program operator[1].

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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