case sensitive

adj

case sensitive

adj
1

Computer, Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Science, Sciences 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.

Related terms
capitonym

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