upcasing

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noun

The act of converting all letters to be uppercase.

“"The upcasing of the string 'foo' to be all upper case letters resulted in 'FOO'."”

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Meanings

nounupcasing (uncountable)
  1. uncountablecomputingThe act of converting all letters to be uppercase.

    "The upcasing of the string 'foo' to be all upper case letters resulted in 'FOO'."

Origin

From up + casing.

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APA

upcasing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/upcasing

MLA

“upcasing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/upcasing. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “upcasing,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/upcasing.

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