CamelCase - Variations and Synonyms

Variations and Synonyms

The first letter of a camel case compound may or may not be capitalized. For clarity, this article calls the two alternatives upper camel case and lower camel case. Some people and organizations use the term camel case only for lower camel case. Other synonyms include:

  • BumpyCaps or BumpyCase
  • camelBack (or camel-back) notation
  • CamelCaps
  • CapitalizedWords or CapWords for upper camel case in Python
  • compoundNames
  • Embedded Caps (or Embedded Capitals)
  • HumpBack (or hump-back) notation
  • InterCaps or intercapping (abbreviation of Internal Capitalization)
  • mixedCase for lower camel case in Python
  • nerdCaps or headlessCamelCase
  • Pascal case for upper camel case
  • Smalltalk case
  • WikiWord or WikiCase (especially in older wikis)

StudlyCaps encompasses all such variations, and more, including even random mixed capitalization, as in MiXeD CaPitALiZaTioN (typically a stereotyped allusion to online culture).

Camel case is also distinct from title case, which is traditionally used for book titles and headlines. Title case capitalizes most of the words yet retains the spaces between the words.

Camel case is also distinct from Tall Man lettering, which uses capitals to emphasize the differences between similar-looking words.

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