CAPTCHA — meaning in English
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English meaning
- CAPTCHA noun A small test on a website meant to tell a real person apart from an automated programme, such as reading distorted letters, picking out images that contain a certain object, or ticking a box that quietly measures how the visitor behaves.
Senses
CAPTCHA is used for these senses in English:
- CAPTCHA (computing, Internet) A computerized test requiring the human user to perform a task deemed to be difficult to automate, such as entering a displayed series of distorted characters or describing images, to demonstrate that they are a human and not a computer program.
CAPTCHA — full definition
- noun A small test on a website meant to tell a real person apart from an automated programme, such as reading distorted letters, picking out images that contain a certain object, or ticking a box that quietly measures how the visitor behaves.
- verb To place such a test in front of a page, form or action.