A variable in a programming language is sait to be camelCased when
all words but the first are capitalized. This practice contrasts with the
C tradition of either running syllables together or marking syllable breaks
with underscores; thus, where a C programmer would write
thisverylongname or this_very_long_name,
the camelCased version would be thisVeryLongName. This
practice is common in certain language communities (formerly Pascal; today
Java and Visual Basic) and tends to be associated with object-oriented
programming.
Compare BiCapitalization; but where that
practice is primarily associated with marketing, camelCasing is not aimed
at impressing anybody, and hackers consider it respectable.
