In computer programming, a fully qualified name is an unambiguous name that specifies which object, function, or variable a call refers to without regard to the context of the call.
"[1] Fully qualified names explicitly refer to namespaces that would otherwise be implicit because of the scope of the call.
[2] While always done to eliminate ambiguity, this can mean different things dependent on context.
It is composed by the full path to the resource and its syntax depends on the operating system.
In Unix-like operating systems it is represented in the following form: /root/path-to/file[OR]directory, while in DOS and Microsoft Windows it is represented in the following form: [Drive]:\path-to\file.ext[OR]directory.