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CAMELCASE [1 record]

Record 1 2023-10-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Programming Languages
  • Codes (Software)
DEF

The use of a capital letter to begin the second word in a compound name or phrase, when it is not separated from the first word by a space.

CONT

Camel case and Pascal case are similar. Both demand variables made from compound words and have the first letter of each appended word written with an uppercase letter. The difference is that Pascal case requires the first letter to be uppercase as well, while camel case does not.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Langages de programmation
  • Codes (Logiciels)
DEF

Convention de nommage en programmation selon laquelle la première lettre de chaque mot doit être en majuscule, exception faite du premier.

OBS

notation chameau; casse mixte : Bien que peu répandues dans la communauté francophone, les désignations «notation chameau» et «casse mixte» sont conseillées afin d'éviter l'emprunt intégral à l'anglais.

Spanish

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