CamelCase

See also: camelcase, camel case, and camelCase

English

Alternative forms

camelCase, camelcase, camel case

Etymology

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

Noun

Examples
thisIsAnExample (lowerCamelCase) ThisIsAnExample (UpperCamelCase)

CamelCase (uncountable)

(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.

Usage notes

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

Hyponyms

UpperCamelCase
lowerCamelCase

Coordinate terms

ALL CAPS
AlTeRnaTinG cApS
Initial Caps
lowercase
Sentence case
Title Case

Derived terms

to camelize

Related terms

dash case
kebab case
snake case
Pascal case

Translations

camel case

Esperanto: miksuskla
Estonian: läbiv suurtäht
German: Binnenmajuskel (de) f, Binnenversal m, Binnenversalie f
Lithuanian: kupranugario Didžioji
Persian: نگارش شتری‎ (negāreš-e-šotorī)