captcha
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- noun
- /ˈkæp.tʃə/
- Texting
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captcha
- And another thing that attackers can do is they can actually reuse captures on legitimate sites.
- solve a captcha
So, OK, so and this thing performed pretty well on the Captchas, correct.
- So, OK, so and this thing performed pretty well on the Captchas, correct.
Examples
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On the Internet, users must fill out a captcha to prove they are not automated programs.
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Most major Internet companies implement captchas to prevent bots from accessing their services.
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The problem seems to be with the signup page's captcha security box.
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I'm filling in the captcha and am using a different email this time to see if it's still automatic...
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BTW, I like your captcha quizzes.
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Thanks for the nice article, Tim, even though I am typing this a second time since the first time I supposedly entered the wrong captcha text and everything got erased. Oh well.
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Not to mention, the overall journey through the web would be a way more enjoyable ride without having to stop every two minutes to enter your username and password—and maybe even solve one of those uber-annoying captchas you have to tilt your head and squint at in order to make out here and there.
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Many sites around the web use a type of challenge-response test called a captcha to verify that users are human.
How Secure
Surface Forms
Morphology
captcha = C + A + P + T + C + H + A
This is an acronymic coinage from a longer phrase, so the written form does not transparently expose the meaning.
Etymology
Captcha comes from the phrase Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart, a long name made into a short word. It is like a tiny 'Turing test' on a website to prove you are a 'human' and not a 'robot', which is why CAPTCHAs stop automated spam.