Hungarian notation

English Etymology The notation was invented by Charles Simonyi (born 1948), Hungarian-American computer programmer. Pronunciation en /hʌŋˈɡɛɹi.ən noʊˈteɪʃən/ US Noun - en 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 Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 匈牙利命名法 Xiōngyálì mìngmíngfǎ Dutch: nl hongaarse notatie Finnish: fi unkarilainen notaatio French: fr notation hongroise f German: de ungarische Notation f Hungarian: hu magyar jelölés Italian: it notazione ungara Japanese: ja ハンガリアン記法 hangarian kihō, ja ハンガリー記法 hangarī-kihō Polish: pl notacja węgierska f Portuguese: pt notação húngara f Russian: ru венге́рская нота́ция f Spanish: es notación húngara f Swedish: sv ungersk notation Ukrainian: uk уго́рська нота́ція f See also en sigil en terms derived from toponyms