"CAPTCHA" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkæp.t͡ʃə/ Forms: CAPTCHAs [plural]
Etymology: Coined by a team of researchers at Carnegie Mellon University in 2000 as a loose acronym of “completely automated public Turing test to tell computers and humans apart”. Head templates: {{en-noun}} CAPTCHA (plural CAPTCHAs)
  1. (computing, Internet) A computerized test requiring the human user to perform a task deemed to be difficult to automate, such as entering a displayed series of distorted characters or describing images, to demonstrate that they are a human and not a computer program. Wikipedia link: Carnegie Mellon University Tags: Internet Categories (topical): Computing, Internet Synonyms: captcha, Captcha Derived forms: CRAPTCHA [derogatory, humorous, vulgar] Related terms: Turing test Translations (computerized test): ካፕቻ (kapča) (Amharic), 驗證碼 (Chinese Mandarin), 验证码 (yànzhèngmǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), captcha (Dutch), CAPTCHA [masculine] (French), Captcha [masculine] (French), Captcha [masculine, neuter] (German), rarely CAPTCHA [masculine, neuter] (German), காப்ச்சா (kāpccā) (Tamil), ካፕቻ (kapča) (Tigrinya), CAPTCHA (Turkish)

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