Hungarian notation

English

Etymology

The notation was invented by Charles Simonyi (born 1948), Hungarian-American computer programmer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hʌŋˈɡɛɹi.ən noʊˈteɪʃən/

Noun

Hungarian notation (uncountable)

1. (computing, programming) A naming convention in which the name of a variable indicates its data type and intended use by including abbreviations as prefixes.

   lpsz is Hungarian notation for a 32-bit pointer to a null-terminated string.

Translations

Hungarian notation

• Dutch: hongaarse notatie
• Finnish: unkarilainen notaatio
• French: notation hongroise (fr) f
• German: ungarische Notation f
• Hungarian: magyar jelölés
• Italian: notazione ungara
• Japanese: ハンガリアン記法 (hangarian kihō), ハンガリー記法 (hangarī-kihō)
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• Polish: notacja węgierska f
• Portuguese: notação húngara f
• Russian: венге́рская нота́ция f (vengérskaja notácija)
• Spanish: notación húngara f
• Swedish: ungersk notation
• Ukrainian: уго́рська нота́ція f (uhórsʹka notácija)

See also

• sigil