For years, social media users have claimed that the terms "uppercase" and "lowercase" got their names due to capital letters being stored in the upper case of traditional printing presses while ...

(1) (Windows-based; upper case "W") Hardware and software that runs a version of Microsoft Windows. (2) (windows-based; lower case "w") Displaying applications in resizable windows on screen.

(1) (upper case "W") Refers to Microsoft Windows: computers running Windows and/or applications running under Windows. See Windows and Windows versions. (2) (lower case "w") Also called a ...