"paamayim nekudotayim" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From Hebrew פעמיים נקודתיים (“double colon”); introduced in the Israeli-developed Zend Engine 0.5 used in PHP 3. The correct word should be nekudatayim, but Israelis commonly say the word with this mistake. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|he|פעמיים נקודתיים||double colon}} Hebrew פעמיים נקודתיים (“double colon”) Head templates: {{en-noun|?|nolinkhead=1}} paamayim nekudotayim
  1. (programming) The scope resolution operator :: in the PHP programming language. Categories (topical): Programming
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