case sensitive

See also: case-sensitive

English

Alternative forms

• case-sensitive

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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.

   Synonym: case dependent

   Antonym: case insensitive

Translations

distinguishing upper- and lower-case letters

Czech: závisející na velikosti písmen Dhivehi: ބޮޑުއަކުރާއި ކުޑައަކުރު ތަފާތުކުރާ sg (boḍuakurāi kuḍaakuru tafātukurā) Dutch: hoofdlettergevoelig (nl) Esperanto: usklecodistinga Estonian: tõstutundlik (et) Finnish: aakkoskoosta riippuvainen, kirjainkoosta riippuvainen, merkkikokoriippuvainen French: sensible à la casse German: no equivalent term in German, but see unterscheidet/beachtet (die) Groß- und Kleinschreibung (verb; periphrase) Hebrew: מותנה רישיות Hungarian: nagybetűérzékeny, kisbetű-nagybetű érzékeny, kis-nagy betűre érzékeny, (periphrasis) kis- és nagybetűk különböznek/eltérnek benne Polish: rozróżniający wielkość liter Portuguese: sensível à caixa das letras, sensível a maiúsculas, sensível a minúsculas, sensível a maiúsculas e minúsculas Russian: регистрозави́симый (registrozavísimyj) Swedish: skiftlägeskänslig (sv), versalkänslig Turkish: büyük ve küçük harfe duyarlı Vietnamese: phân biệt chữ hoa/chữ thường

See also

• capitonym