case sensitive

See also: case-sensitive

English

Alternative forms

• case-sensitive

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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.

Synonyms

• case dependent

Antonyms

• case insensitive

Translations

distinguishing upper- and lower-case letters

• Czech: závisející na velikosti písmen
• Dutch: hoofdlettergevoelig (nl)
• Estonian: tõstutundlik (et)
• Finnish: kirjainkoosta riippuvainen, merkkikokoriippuvainen
• German: Groß-/Kleinschreibung-unterscheidend, schreibungsabhängig
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• Hebrew: מותנה רישיות
• Hungarian: nagybetűérzékeny
• 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)
• Turkish: büyük ve küçük harfe duyarlı (tr)
• Vietnamese: phân biệt chữ hoa/chữ thường

See also

• capitonym