"case sensitive" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: en-us-case sensitive.ogg [US] Forms: more case sensitive [comparative], most case sensitive [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} case sensitive (comparative more case sensitive, superlative most case sensitive)
  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. 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)

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      "form": "more case sensitive",
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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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        "(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."
      ],
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          "code": "cs",
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          "sense": "distinguishing upper- and lower-case letters",
          "word": "závisející na velikosti písmen"
        },
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          "sense": "distinguishing upper- and lower-case letters",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "ބޮޑުއަކުރާއި ކުޑައަކުރު ތަފާތުކުރާ"
        },
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "distinguishing upper- and lower-case letters",
          "word": "hoofdlettergevoelig"
        },
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "distinguishing upper- and lower-case letters",
          "word": "usklecodistinga"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "distinguishing upper- and lower-case letters",
          "word": "tõstutundlik"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "distinguishing upper- and lower-case letters",
          "word": "aakkoskoosta riippuvainen"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "distinguishing upper- and lower-case letters",
          "word": "kirjainkoosta riippuvainen"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "distinguishing upper- and lower-case letters",
          "word": "merkkikokoriippuvainen"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "distinguishing upper- and lower-case letters",
          "word": "sensible à la casse"
        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "note": "no equivalent term in German",
          "sense": "distinguishing upper- and lower-case letters"
        },
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          "english": "verb; periphrase; die",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "distinguishing upper- and lower-case letters",
          "word": "but see unterscheidet/beachtet Groß- und Kleinschreibung"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "distinguishing upper- and lower-case letters",
          "word": "מותנה רישיות"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "distinguishing upper- and lower-case letters",
          "word": "nagybetűérzékeny"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "distinguishing upper- and lower-case letters",
          "word": "kisbetű-nagybetű érzékeny"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "distinguishing upper- and lower-case letters",
          "word": "kis-nagy betűre érzékeny"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "distinguishing upper- and lower-case letters",
          "word": "(periphrasis) kis- és nagybetűk különböznek/eltérnek benne"
        },
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "distinguishing upper- and lower-case letters",
          "word": "rozróżniający wielkość liter"
        },
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "distinguishing upper- and lower-case letters",
          "word": "sensível à caixa das letras"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "distinguishing upper- and lower-case letters",
          "word": "sensível a maiúsculas"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "distinguishing upper- and lower-case letters",
          "word": "sensível a minúsculas"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "distinguishing upper- and lower-case letters",
          "word": "sensível a maiúsculas e minúsculas"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "registrozavísimyj",
          "sense": "distinguishing upper- and lower-case letters",
          "word": "регистрозави́симый"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "distinguishing upper- and lower-case letters",
          "word": "skiftlägeskänslig"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "distinguishing upper- and lower-case letters",
          "word": "versalkänslig"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "distinguishing upper- and lower-case letters",
          "word": "büyük ve küçük harfe duyarlı"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "distinguishing upper- and lower-case letters",
          "word": "phân biệt chữ hoa/chữ thường"
        }
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      "form": "more case sensitive",
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      "form": "most case sensitive",
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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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          "case insensitive"
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        "(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."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computer",
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
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    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "distinguishing upper- and lower-case letters",
      "word": "závisející na velikosti písmen"
    },
    {
      "code": "dv",
      "lang": "Dhivehi",
      "roman": "boḍuakurāi kuḍaakuru tafātukurā",
      "sense": "distinguishing upper- and lower-case letters",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ],
      "word": "ބޮޑުއަކުރާއި ކުޑައަކުރު ތަފާތުކުރާ"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "distinguishing upper- and lower-case letters",
      "word": "hoofdlettergevoelig"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "distinguishing upper- and lower-case letters",
      "word": "usklecodistinga"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "distinguishing upper- and lower-case letters",
      "word": "tõstutundlik"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "distinguishing upper- and lower-case letters",
      "word": "aakkoskoosta riippuvainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "distinguishing upper- and lower-case letters",
      "word": "kirjainkoosta riippuvainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "distinguishing upper- and lower-case letters",
      "word": "merkkikokoriippuvainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "distinguishing upper- and lower-case letters",
      "word": "sensible à la casse"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "note": "no equivalent term in German",
      "sense": "distinguishing upper- and lower-case letters"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "verb; periphrase; die",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "distinguishing upper- and lower-case letters",
      "word": "but see unterscheidet/beachtet Groß- und Kleinschreibung"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "distinguishing upper- and lower-case letters",
      "word": "מותנה רישיות"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "distinguishing upper- and lower-case letters",
      "word": "nagybetűérzékeny"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "distinguishing upper- and lower-case letters",
      "word": "kisbetű-nagybetű érzékeny"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "distinguishing upper- and lower-case letters",
      "word": "kis-nagy betűre érzékeny"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "distinguishing upper- and lower-case letters",
      "word": "(periphrasis) kis- és nagybetűk különböznek/eltérnek benne"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "distinguishing upper- and lower-case letters",
      "word": "rozróżniający wielkość liter"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "distinguishing upper- and lower-case letters",
      "word": "sensível à caixa das letras"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "distinguishing upper- and lower-case letters",
      "word": "sensível a maiúsculas"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "distinguishing upper- and lower-case letters",
      "word": "sensível a minúsculas"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "distinguishing upper- and lower-case letters",
      "word": "sensível a maiúsculas e minúsculas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "registrozavísimyj",
      "sense": "distinguishing upper- and lower-case letters",
      "word": "регистрозави́симый"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "distinguishing upper- and lower-case letters",
      "word": "skiftlägeskänslig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "distinguishing upper- and lower-case letters",
      "word": "versalkänslig"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "distinguishing upper- and lower-case letters",
      "word": "büyük ve küçük harfe duyarlı"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "distinguishing upper- and lower-case letters",
      "word": "phân biệt chữ hoa/chữ thường"
    }
  ],
  "word": "case sensitive"
}

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