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case-sensitive

case-sensitive is the alternative form of case sensitive.

Meaning of case sensitive

Adjective

case sensitive (not comparable)

  1. 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

Questions about case-sensitive

What is case-sensitive the alternative form of?
Case-sensitive is the alternative form of case sensitive.

Words near case-sensitive in the dictionary

  1. case-hardened
  2. case-hardening
  3. case-in-chief
  4. case-independent
  5. case-insensitive
  6. case-sensitive
  7. case-sensitivities
  8. case-sensitivity
  9. case-shot
  10. case-to-case
  11. caseamembrin

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