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Subject:Re: What the heck do you call it when... From:Guy Haas <ghaas -at- NETSCAPE -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 22 Apr 1997 11:23:32 -0700
At 12:12 PM 4/22/97 -0600, Eric J. Ray wrote:
>>>AlumsHubby -at- AOL -dot- COM[SMTP:AlumsHubby -at- AOL -dot- COM] asked:
>>>>>...you compound two or more words and internally capitalize to make
>>>>>something sound special, such as "QuickMenu" vice "quick menu"?<<
>>>
>>Marketing? 8-)
>>
>
>Computer capitalization. Made up the term, but everybody
>seems to know what it means. ;-)
>
I have also seen it referred to as "camel caps".
--g
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