What's the meaning of the PHP Token Name T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM

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What's the story behind the ::'s sometimes token name

T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM

I'm mainly interested in knowing if

This is an abbreviation for something else
This is a phrase in a language other than English, and if so what's the language and what's a rough translation
This is some obscure-to-me programming term
Drunk Developers

Thanks!

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