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How is queenside castling written in chess notation?

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A chessboard showing the standard starting position for a game, with white and black pieces arranged in two rows on each side: rooks, knights, bishops, queen, and king on the back row, and pawns in front. — chess Position of chess pieces at the beginning of a game. The pieces are placed on the two ranks closest to the player. In the closest rank, pieces are arranged from left to right: rook, knight, bishop, queen, king, bishop, knight, and rook. In front of that rank, each square has a pawn.

In chess, queenside castling is recorded in algebraic notation as 0-0-0.1

This notation distinguishes it from kingside castling, which is indicated as 0-0. Castling is a special compound move involving the king and the rook, permitted only when specific conditions are met, such as neither piece having moved previously and the path between them being unoccupied.12