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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈkæml̩ keɪs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkæm(ə)l ˌkeɪs/ [General-American] Forms: camelcase [alternative], camelCase [alternative], CamelCase [alternative]
Etymology: From camel + case (“nature of a piece of alphabetic type”), probably modelled after lowercase and uppercase, from a fancied resemblance of the capital letters to the humps of a two-humped camel. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|camel|case|notext=1|t2=nature of a piece of alphabetic type|type=exocentric}} camel + case (“nature of a piece of alphabetic type”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} camel case (uncountable)
  1. (typography, often programming) Especially in computer programming, and in the names of brands and organizations: a style of typography in which several words are concatenated together without any spaces between them, with the first letter of each word (sometimes excluding the first word) capitalized. Tags: often, uncountable Categories (topical): Programming, Typography Hyponyms: upper camel case, UpperCamelCase, Pascal case, studly caps, ;, bicapitalization, BiCapitalization, ;, lower camel case, lowerCamelCase Derived forms: camel-cased, camelize, lower camel case, upper camel case Related terms: dash case, kebab case, snake case, medial capital Translations (style of typography): نسق الجمل (Arabic), 駝峰式大小寫 /驼峰式大小写 (tuófēngshìdàxiǎoxiě) (Chinese Mandarin), velbloudí notace [feminine] (Czech), miksuskla (Esperanto), läbiv suurtäht (Estonian), CamelCase (Finnish), Binnenmajuskel [feminine] (German), Binnenversal [masculine] (German), Binnenversalie [feminine] (German), קאמל קייס (Hebrew), notazione a cammello [feminine] (Italian), キャメルケース (kyamerukēsu) (Japanese), 카멜 표기법 (kamel pyogibeop) (Korean), 낙타 표기법 (nakta pyogibeop) (Korean), kupranugario Didžioji (Lithuanian), कॅमलकेस (kĕmalkes) (Marathi), نگارش شتری (negâreš-e šotori) (Persian), верблю́жий реги́стр (verbljúžij regístr) [masculine] (Russian), කැමල් කේස් (kæmal kēs) (Sinhalese), dvozačetnice (Slovene), camel case (Spanish), tipografía camello [feminine] (Spanish), kamelnotation (Swedish), கமெல்கேசு (kamelkēcu) (Tamil), верблю́дячий регістр (verbljúdjačyj rehistr) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

Alternative forms

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        {
          "ref": "2003, Berthold Daum, Udo Merten, “Groundwork”, in System Architecture with XML, San Francisco, Calif.: Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, →ISBN, page 81:",
          "text": "Write element and attribute names in a style called \"CamelCase.\" Elements reflecting an entity should be written in UpperCamelCase; elements and attributes reflecting a property should be written in lowerCamelCase.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2004 January, Michael Brundage, “Practical Examples”, in XQuery: The XML Query Language, Boston, Mass.: Addison-Wesley, →ISBN, part III (Application), pages 195–196:",
          "text": "Type and attribute names, and occasionally variable names, are traditionally written using camel case (with the first word lowercased and subsequent words title-cased, like dateTime), although there are exceptions to this rule (such as anyURI and QName), and some people prefer hyphenated lowercase words (like local-name).",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, John Paul Mueller, “Coding the Application”, in C# Design and Development (Expert One-on-One), Indianapolis, Ind.: Wrox Programmer to Programmer, Wiley Publishing, →ISBN, page 243:",
          "text": "RadioShack is an example of a company name that uses camel case. In some cases, technology uses camel case, such as VistaVision, which is a widescreen format for movies. It's little wonder that camel case appears in application code—everyone already knows how to use it. […] Microsoft and other industry leaders have modified the standard use of camel case. When you talk about camel casing for .NET, what you really mean is that the first letter of each word, except the first word, is capitalized. For example, if you want to create a variable that contains the background color for an object, you might call it backColor.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023, Jenny Gibson Bond, “Variables and Components”, in Mark Taub, editor, Introduction to Game Design, Prototyping, and Development, 3rd edition, Boston, Mass.: Addison-Wesley, →ISBN, part II (Programming C# in Unity):",
          "text": "CamelCase is a common way of writing variable names in programming. It allows the programmer or someone reading their code to easily parse long variable names. […] The key feature of camelCase is that it allows multiple words to be combined into one with a medial capital letter at the beginning of each original word. It is named camelCase because it looks a bit like the humps on a camel's back.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Especially in computer programming, and in the names of brands and organizations: a style of typography in which several words are concatenated together without any spaces between them, with the first letter of each word (sometimes excluding the first word) capitalized."
      ],
      "hyponyms": [
        {
          "word": "upper camel case"
        },
        {
          "word": "UpperCamelCase"
        },
        {
          "word": "Pascal case"
        },
        {
          "word": "studly caps"
        },
        {
          "word": ";"
        },
        {
          "word": "bicapitalization"
        },
        {
          "word": "BiCapitalization"
        },
        {
          "word": ";"
        },
        {
          "word": "lower camel case"
        },
        {
          "word": "lowerCamelCase"
        }
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "typography",
          "typography"
        ],
        [
          "programming",
          "programming#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "computer programming",
          "computer programming"
        ],
        [
          "names",
          "name#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "brands",
          "brand#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "organization",
          "organization"
        ],
        [
          "style",
          "style#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "several",
          "several#Determiner"
        ],
        [
          "words",
          "word#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "concatenated",
          "concatenate#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "spaces",
          "space#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "first",
          "first#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "letter",
          "letter#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "excluding",
          "exclude"
        ],
        [
          "capitalize",
          "capitalize"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(typography, often programming) Especially in computer programming, and in the names of brands and organizations: a style of typography in which several words are concatenated together without any spaces between them, with the first letter of each word (sometimes excluding the first word) capitalized."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "often",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "media",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "programming",
        "publishing",
        "sciences",
        "typography"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkæml̩ keɪs/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkæm(ə)l ˌkeɪs/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "style of typography",
      "word": "نسق الجمل"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tuófēngshìdàxiǎoxiě",
      "sense": "style of typography",
      "word": "駝峰式大小寫 /驼峰式大小写"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "style of typography",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "velbloudí notace"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "style of typography",
      "word": "miksuskla"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "style of typography",
      "word": "läbiv suurtäht"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "style of typography",
      "word": "CamelCase"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "style of typography",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Binnenmajuskel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "style of typography",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Binnenversal"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "style of typography",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Binnenversalie"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "style of typography",
      "word": "קאמל קייס"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "style of typography",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "notazione a cammello"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kyamerukēsu",
      "sense": "style of typography",
      "word": "キャメルケース"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "kamel pyogibeop",
      "sense": "style of typography",
      "word": "카멜 표기법"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "nakta pyogibeop",
      "sense": "style of typography",
      "word": "낙타 표기법"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "style of typography",
      "word": "kupranugario Didžioji"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "kĕmalkes",
      "sense": "style of typography",
      "word": "कॅमलकेस"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "negâreš-e šotori",
      "sense": "style of typography",
      "word": "نگارش شتری"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "verbljúžij regístr",
      "sense": "style of typography",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "верблю́жий реги́стр"
    },
    {
      "code": "si",
      "lang": "Sinhalese",
      "roman": "kæmal kēs",
      "sense": "style of typography",
      "word": "කැමල් කේස්"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "style of typography",
      "word": "dvozačetnice"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "style of typography",
      "word": "camel case"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "style of typography",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tipografía camello"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "style of typography",
      "word": "kamelnotation"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "kamelkēcu",
      "sense": "style of typography",
      "word": "கமெல்கேசு"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "verbljúdjačyj rehistr",
      "sense": "style of typography",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "верблю́дячий регістр"
    }
  ],
  "word": "camel case"
}

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