camel case

See also: camelcase, camelCase, and CamelCase

English

Examples
thisIsAnExample (lowerCamelCase) ThisIsAnExample (UpperCamelCase)

Alternative forms

• camelcase, camelCase, CamelCase

Etymology

From camel +‎ case, from a fancied resemblance to the appearance of the humps of a two-humped 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: upper camel case, UpperCamelCase, Pascal case, studly caps; bicapitalization, BiCapitalization; lower camel case, lowerCamelCase

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

   Near-synonyms: intercapping, InterCapping, intercaps, InterCaps

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
• 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