The Hungarian software object naming convention was invented by Charles Simonyi (Hungarian refugee from Communism), a former Bill Gates insider, the father of Windows at Microsoft.

Instead of space or underscore(_) separators, first letters of words capitalized within a composite name. Lower case prefixes are used to indicate object class.

Tables: glMaster, glTransaction, glAccount, OrderHeader, OrderDetail, ShipCompany, ProductType, MagazineSubscriptionFulfillment

Views: vSalesHistoryByProduct, vDBUtilizationLog

Functions: fEuropeanDate, fCurrentDate (fn prefix can also be used)

Stored Procedures: apAccountHistory, apAccountSummary (ap stand for accounts payable)