uppercase
noun[U]
mainlyUS(alsoupper-case)us/ˌʌp.ɚˈkeɪs/uk/ˌʌp.əˈkeɪs/(also mainlyUKupper case)Iflettersare in uppercase, they are written ascapitals:
Typing anentiremessageinuppercase isconsideredequivalenttoshouting.
Yourpasswordshould consist of acombinationofnumbersandletters(using both uppercase and lowercase).
Theterminalwas set to use upper-case only.
Tochangetouppercase,pressESC + u.
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lower casenounmainlyUK
Synonym
capital(LETTER)
- Logicalhostnamesare firstconvertedto uppercase.
- Mostinformationissuppliedtoprogramsin uppercase.
- Pressing theshiftkeycauseslettersto beoutputinuppercase.
Punctuation
- abbreviated
- accent
- acute
- apostrophe
- at sign
- block capitals
- caron
- cedilla
- comma
- dash
- diacritical
- double prime
- round brackets
- semicolon
- small cap
- small capitals
- solidus
- square brackets
- stroke
- unbracketed
uppercase
adjective
(alsoupper-case)us/ˌʌp.ɚˈkeɪs/uk/ˌʌp.əˈkeɪs/(also mainlyUKupper case)written ascapitalletters:
uppercaseletters
Thespellcheckerthat I use won'tcatchtheoccasionalupper-caseletterthat should belowercase.
Acollectionof eightbitsis called abyte,abbreviatedwith an uppercase B.
Passwords should be aminimumof eightcharacterswith at least onenumber, oneuppercaseletter, twolowercaseletters, and onespecialcharacter.
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capital(LETTER)
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lower caseadjectivemainlyUK
smalladjective(LETTER SIZE)
- To get uppercasecharactersyouclickShift first, then theletter.
- The authority'sbrandlookslike an upper-case G with awaterfalltumblingout of it.
- You may use eitheruppercaseorlowercaseletters.
Lettering & alphabets
- ABC
- all caps
- alphabetically
- ascender
- Braillist
- camel case
- cap
- cursive
- Cyrillic
- initial
- letter
- phonetic
- pictogram
- pictograph
- pinyin
- Roman alphabet
- runic
- script
- shorthand
- vowel