A qualified name is one that has some sort of indication of where it belongs, e.g. a class specification, namespace specification, etc. An unqualified name is one that isn’t qualified.
Read James McNellis’ answer here:
What is a nested name specifier?
Given:
struct A {
struct B {
void F();
};
};
Ais an unqualified-id.::Ais a qualified-id but has no nested-name-specifier.A::Bis a qualified-id andA::is a nested-name-specifier.::A::Bis a qualified-id andA::is a nested-name-specifier.A::B::Fis a qualified-id and bothB::andA::B::are nested-name-specifiers.::A::B::Fis a qualified-id and bothB::andA::B::are nested-name-specifiers.