an acronym which describes a program that protects websites from spammers by providing a test (e.g. a distorted text) which humans can do but computers cannot. It stands for ‘Completely Automated Public Turing Test To Tell Computers and Humans Apart’ and is a trademark of Carnegie Mellon University. There are visual as well as audio captchas in use.
Recognising the kinds of characters used in CAPTCHAs remains a significant challenge in computer vision.
Submitted on: 28/09/2009
Noun☞CAPTCHA
CAPTCHA
trademark
UK /ˈkæpˌtʃə/
Other entries for this word
CAPTCHAnoun
captchanoun at CAPTCHA
DEFINITIONS1
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computingcompletely automated public Turing test to tell computers and humans apart: a system for checking that a human is using a computer, often consisting of a group of letters in strange shapes that the person must type again
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Codes and codification
alphanumeric
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CAPTCHA
CAPTCHA
trademark
US /ˈkæpˌtʃə/
Other entries for this word
CAPTCHAnoun
captchanoun at CAPTCHA
DEFINITIONS1
1
computingcompletely automated public Turing test to tell computers and humans apart: a system for checking that a human is using a computer, often consisting of a group of letters in strange shapes that the person must type again