camel case

See also: camelcase, camelCase, and CamelCase

English

Examples
thisIsAnExample (lowerCamelCase) ThisIsAnExample (UpperCamelCase)

Alternative forms

• camelcase, camelCase, CamelCase

Etymology

From camel +‎ case, from the appearance of the humps of a camel.

Noun

camel case (uncountable)

1. (typography, often used in programming) The style of writing by concatenating multiple component words (i.e. writing without any space between them), while capitalizing the first letter of each word, starting with the first or the second word.

   Hyponyms: UpperCamelCase, lowerCamelCase

   Coordinate terms: ALL CAPS, AlTeRnaTinG cApS, Initial Caps, Upstyle, Headline Style, Title Case, Sentence case, downstyle, lowercase

Usage notes

CamelCase is often used as one of multiple conventions for names of variables in programming languages: compare MyVariableName (Pascal case or upper camel case), myVariableName (lower camel case) myvariablename (lower case), my_variable_name (snake case), and my-variable-name (kebab case or dash case).

Derived terms

• camel-cased
• camelize
• lower camel case
• upper camel case

 

Related terms

• dash case
• kebab case
• Pascal case
• snake case

 

Translations

camel case

• Esperanto: miksuskla
• Estonian: läbiv suurtäht
• German: Binnenmajuskel (de) f, Binnenversal m, Binnenversalie f
• Lithuanian: kupranugario Didžioji
• Marathi: कॅमलकेस (kĕmalkes)
• Persian: نگارش شتری (negâreš-e šotori)

See also

• medial capital