What does the "NS" prefix to a class name mean in iOS? [closed]
I notice the "NS" prefix in all the class names in iOS. What does that mean? (e.g NSMutableArray)
Solution 1:
It stands for NextSTEP, the operating system that Steve Jobs (caused to be) built after he was evicted from Apple. Objective-C and the NextSTEP API are the basis of the newer OpenSTEP and MacOS-X APIs.
Solution 2:
It is an acronym for either NeXTSTEP or NeXT-Sun - both dating back from the very start of the Cocoa-language.