Capitalization (noun)

The practice or system of writing or printing a word or letter with an initial capital letter.

Origin:

The word capitalization is derived from the latin word capitalis, meaning "of or belonging to the head." the term refers to the practice of writing a word or letter with an initial capital letter.

Examples:

  1. Proper capitalization is important in written communication, as it helps to indicate the beginning of a sentence or a proper noun.
  2. In English, the first letter of the first word in a sentence is always capitalized.
  3. In English, proper nouns such as names of people, places, and organizations are always capitalized.
  4. In computer programming, capitalization is important to distinguish between variables, functions and classes.
  5. In business, capitalization refers to the amount of money invested in a company or project.
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