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case-sensitive

adj
(Communications & Information) distinguishing between upper-case and lower-case letters: users can now perform case-sensitive searches.
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case-sensitive

- If something is case-sensitive, there is a different meaning or interpretation based on upper- and lower-cased letters.
See also related terms for interpretation.
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case-sensitive

[ˈkeɪsˌsensɪtɪv] ADJ (Comput) → capaz de distinguir mayúsculas de minúsculas
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This month's release brings improvements to the API's existing features and includes embedding of messages to Microsoft Outlook messages and searching PST files with a new case sensitivity option.
Unfortunately, it lacks some refinements such as case sensitivity or searching for a whole word only, looking for "die" will return documents containing "diet" or "diecast," for example.
Unsure about this search engine's case sensitivity I tried 'Venice Biennale' and got 'You searched for "Venice Biennale" in "Entire site" which wasn't that helpful or up to date.
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