English Explanatory Dictionary

snake case

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The practice of writing identifiers using underscores to separate words.

Word forms

snake case snake_case

Etymology

Coined in 2004 by Ruby programmer Gavin Kistner, from its resemblance to the long body of a snake, and by analogy with other naming schemes based on lower- and upper-case letters.

Derived words

screaming snake case snake-cased
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