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Case-insensitive

Term · Computing and IT · MLC-T-CMP-000160

Describing a method of interpreting text where uppercase and lowercase letters are treated as identical for comparison purposes. In a case-insensitive system, the strings "TEXT", "text", and "Text" are all considered equivalent. This behavior is standard for internet domain names and email addresses as defined by RFC specifications, and is the default for file systems in Microsoft Windows.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CMP-000160
FieldComputing and IT
SubjectTechnical
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-CMP-000160",
  "term": "Case-insensitive",
  "field": "Computing and IT",
  "definition": "Describing a method of interpreting text where uppercase and lowercase letters are treated as identical for comparison purposes. In a case-insensitive system, the strings \"TEXT\", \"text\", and \"Text\" are all considered equivalent. This behavior is standard for internet domain names and email addresses as defined by RFC specifications, and is the default for file systems in Microsoft Windows.",
  "subject": "Technical",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/computing/case-insensitive/"
}

Record 179 of 1,553 in Computing and IT terminology (MLC-0101). Request the full dataset.