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case folding

case folding noun: text normalization where uppercase and lowercase characters are treated as equivalent.

Noun

case folding

  1. Text normalization where uppercase and lowercase characters are treated as equivalent.

Questions about case folding

What does case folding mean?
Case folding means text normalization where uppercase and lowercase characters are treated as equivalent.
What part of speech is case folding?
Case folding is a noun.

Words near case folding in the dictionary

  1. case fans
  2. case fatality rate
  3. case fatality rates
  4. case file
  5. case files
  6. case folding
  7. case fraction
  8. case fractions
  9. case grammar
  10. case grammars
  11. case harden

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