Duocase

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Supporting or consisting of both uppercase and lowercase letters. not-comparable, rare

    "Before the introduction of the IBM 1050, printing terminals had been limited to single case capability. But the use of an electric typewriter on the 1050 would give the capability of duocase printing—capital letters and small letters. This duocase capability was held to be a very significant marketing factor."

Example

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"Before the introduction of the IBM 1050, printing terminals had been limited to single case capability. But the use of an electric typewriter on the 1050 would give the capability of duocase printing—capital letters and small letters. This duocase capability was held to be a very significant marketing factor."

Etymology

From duo- + case.

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