Lowercased: meaning, definitions and examples
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lowercased
[ ˈloʊərkeɪst ]
text formatting
To lowercase something means to convert it to lowercase letters, removing any uppercase letters. This is often used in computing and data processing to standardize text input. Lowercasing may be important for various applications, including keyword searches and case-sensitive programming languages. The action can be applied to individual letters, words, or entire strings of text.
Synonyms
Examples of usage
- Please lowercase all the text in this document.
- In Python, you can use the .lower() method to lowercase strings.
- The website requires all usernames to be lowercased.
Translations
Translations of the word "lowercased" in other languages:
🇵🇹 minúsculo
🇮🇳 निम्नलिखित
🇩🇪 kleingeschrieben
🇮🇩 huruf kecil
🇺🇦 малими літерами
🇵🇱 małymi literami
🇯🇵 小文字で
🇫🇷 en minuscules
🇪🇸 en minúsculas
🇹🇷 küçük harflerle
🇰🇷 소문자로
🇸🇦 بالحروف الصغيرة
🇨🇿 malými písmeny
🇸🇰 malými písmenami
🇨🇳 小写
🇸🇮 manjšimi črkami
🇮🇸 lítill stafur
🇰🇿 кіші әріптермен
🇬🇪 წვრილი ასოებით
🇦🇿 kiçik hərflərlə
🇲🇽 en minúsculas
Etymology
The term 'lowercase' originated in the late 19th century in printing terminology. It referred to the case of type that was stored in the lower section of a typecase, which held smaller letter pieces (the lowercase letters), as opposed to uppercase letters, which were stored in the upper section. This distinction was important in typesetting for newspapers and books. As digital computing emerged in the 20th century, the term was adapted to describe the practice of converting text into lowercase characters in programming and data processing tasks. The flexibility of lowercase letters was utilized to avoid confusion in case-sensitive programming environments and enhance text consistency.