Monocase

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of a script or typeface: having only one case, making no distinction between upper and lower case. not-comparable

    "American and European programmers are often surprised to discover that not all locales use a two-case alphabet. Eastern languages (e.g., Japanese and Chinese) based on ideograms are monocase; while Middle Eastern languages can have four or more cases."

  2. 2
    Supporting or consisting of only one case of letters; either all uppercase or all lowercase; (also), case insensitive, treating upper and lower case as being the same. not-comparable

    "The program prompts for the old password (if any) and then for the new one (twice). The caller must supply these. New passwords should be at least four characters long if they use a sufficiently rich alphabet and at least six characters long if monocase. Only the first eight characters of the password are significant."

Synonyms

All synonyms
unicameralunicase

Example

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"American and European programmers are often surprised to discover that not all locales use a two-case alphabet. Eastern languages (e.g., Japanese and Chinese) based on ideograms are monocase; while Middle Eastern languages can have four or more cases."

Etymology

From mono- + case.

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