different between unboxing vs taxonomy

English

Etymology 1

From unbox +? -ing (present participle ending).

Verb

unboxing

1. present participle of unbox

Etymology 2

From unbox +? -ing (gerundive ending).

Noun

unboxing (plural unboxings)

1. The removal of something from its box; an unpacking.
2. (object-oriented programming) Automatic conversion of objects back to value types.

Antonyms

• (programming): boxing

Translations

French

Noun

unboxing m (plural unboxings)

1. (object-oriented programming) unboxing

Spanish

Noun

unboxing m (plural unboxings)

1. (object-oriented programming) unboxing

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French taxonomie. Surface analysis taxo- +? -nomy.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tæk?s?n?mi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /tæk?s??n?mi/
• Rhymes: -?n?mi

Noun

taxonomy (countable and uncountable, plural taxonomies)

1. The science or the technique used to make a classification.
2. A classification; especially, a classification in a hierarchical system.
3. (taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.

Synonyms

• taxonomics
• (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms): alpha taxonomy

Coordinate terms

• nomenclature
• ontology

Derived terms

Translations