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This is an line of upper case characters:-
ABCDEFGHJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
This is a line of lowercase characters:-
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
The term comes form the days when print was set a character at a time by hand.
The lead stamps for each character were set out in trays so that the typesetter could reach out and get the one he needed. The stamps were sorted into two rows or cases, one on top of the other. The stamps for the small letters were always set below the stamps for the capital letters. Thus the capital 'A' was in the 'upper case', above the box for the 'lower case' small 'a'.
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What is the meaning of upper and lowercase?
Uppercase means capital letters, as in "ABCDE." Lowercase means non-capital letters, as in "abcde."
Was there lowercase letters in ancient Rome?
yes
What is upper case letter and lower case letter?
Lowercase and upper case letters refer to how a letter is written - as a capital letter ("A" for example) or as a small, lowercase, letter ("a" for example). Here are all the capital letters in the alphabet: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ Here are the same letters as lowercase: abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz Upper case (capital) letters are used to begin sentences and for proper nouns, such as names.
What does the dot on the lowercase i mean?
This is a guess: the dot distinguishes i from the peaks in the cursive letters u and w.
Why was the introduction of lower case letters an important development?
because we all use lowercase letters today
