case sensitive

English

Alternative forms

• case-sensitive

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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

Related terms

Related terms

case case dependent case insensitive

case-sensitivity lower case upper case

Translations

Translations

• Czech: závisející na velikosti písmen (cs)
• Estonian: tõstutundlik (et)
• Finnish: aakkoslajit (fi) erottava (fi), merkkikokoriippuvainen (fi)
• German: Groß-/Kleinschreibung-unterscheidend (de), schreibungsabhängig (de)

• Hebrew: מותנה רישיות (he)
• Polish: rozróżniający wielkość liter (pl)
• Turkish: büyük ve küçük harfe duyarlı (tr)
• Vietnamese: phân biệt chữ hoa/chữ thường