Case-sensitive Definition & Meaning

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case-sensitive British

adjective

1. distinguishing between upper-case and lower-case letters

   users can now perform case-sensitive searches

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The answers are case-sensitive, so participants have to keep that in mind.

From The Verge

Afterward, the influential German group Faust, appearing this time as a case-sensitive incarnation called faUSt, wandered through partially constructed musical works that left ample room for process-driven detours.

From Los Angeles Times

Words are not case-sensitive and are not grouped by plurals or verb tenses.

From Time

Slim, to give it its proper case-sensitive name, offers 500GB storage in a swish looking aluminum shell.

From Forbes

The next thing you know, you’re submitting to a security-question inquisition from your banking institution, trying desperately to prove your identity having thrice entered your case-sensitive password incorrectly.

From Slate

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