"case sensitive" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: en-us-case sensitive.ogg
Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} case sensitive (not comparable)
  1. (computer science) Distinguishing upper- and lower-case letters. Often used in computer science to indicate a distinction is made in comparison or equality of letters based on case. For example, a case-sensitive password will not recognize "Password" and "password" as the same, but a case insensitive comparison would. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Computer science Synonyms: case dependent, case-sensitive Related terms: capitonym Translations (distinguishing upper- and lower-case letters): závisející na velikosti písmen (Czech), ބޮޑުއަކުރާއި ކުޑައަކުރު ތަފާތުކުރާ (boḍuakurāi kuḍaakuru tafātukurā) [singular] (Dhivehi), hoofdlettergevoelig (Dutch), usklecodistinga (Esperanto), tõstutundlik (Estonian), aakkoskoosta riippuvainen (Finnish), kirjainkoosta riippuvainen (Finnish), merkkikokoriippuvainen (Finnish), sensible à la casse (French), but see unterscheidet/beachtet Groß- und Kleinschreibung (english: verb; periphrase; die) (German), מותנה רישיות (Hebrew), nagybetűérzékeny (Hungarian), kisbetű-nagybetű érzékeny (Hungarian), kis-nagy betűre érzékeny (Hungarian), (periphrasis) kis- és nagybetűk különböznek/eltérnek benne (Hungarian), rozróżniający wielkość liter (Polish), sensível à caixa das letras (Portuguese), sensível a maiúsculas (Portuguese), sensível a minúsculas (Portuguese), sensível a maiúsculas e minúsculas (Portuguese), регистрозави́симый (registrozavísimyj) (Russian), skiftlägeskänslig (Swedish), versalkänslig (Swedish), büyük ve küçük harfe duyarlı (Turkish), phân biệt chữ hoa/chữ thường (Vietnamese)

Alternative forms

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        "Distinguishing upper- and lower-case letters. Often used in computer science to indicate a distinction is made in comparison or equality of letters based on case. For example, a case-sensitive password will not recognize \"Password\" and \"password\" as the same, but a case insensitive comparison would."
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          "sense": "distinguishing upper- and lower-case letters",
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          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "distinguishing upper- and lower-case letters",
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "distinguishing upper- and lower-case letters",
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "distinguishing upper- and lower-case letters",
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          "sense": "distinguishing upper- and lower-case letters",
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "distinguishing upper- and lower-case letters",
          "word": "(periphrasis) kis- és nagybetűk különböznek/eltérnek benne"
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          "sense": "distinguishing upper- and lower-case letters",
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          "sense": "distinguishing upper- and lower-case letters",
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "distinguishing upper- and lower-case letters",
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          "roman": "registrozavísimyj",
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          "lang": "Swedish",
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          "code": "vi",
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          "sense": "distinguishing upper- and lower-case letters",
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      "word": "závisející na velikosti písmen"
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      "sense": "distinguishing upper- and lower-case letters",
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      "sense": "distinguishing upper- and lower-case letters",
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      "sense": "distinguishing upper- and lower-case letters",
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      "sense": "distinguishing upper- and lower-case letters",
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      "sense": "distinguishing upper- and lower-case letters",
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