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'''CamelCase''', originally known as '''WikiWords''', and grammatically known as 'medial capitals', is the archaic but historically important {{tag|Terms|term}} identifying the ability to create a link to another page on early [[WhatIsWiki|wikis]] – by removing the space between two (or more) words which began with capital letters.  At the time, it was an inspired and revolutionary way of thinking for technology; ''"What is the simplest thing we can do to make this work?"'', to paraphrase [[Ward Cunningham]] (the creator of the [[wiki]]).  CamelCase is very important for 'LinkLanguage'; that is: writing and adding links easily to your writing.  Ward has commented that instead of adding ten characters to make a link, he took away one.  [[John Abbe]] pointed out that you have to shift (on the keyboard) for each word capitalized.