Monday, September 14, 2020

Genesis of the word 'CAPCHA'

 CAPCHA - "Completely Automatic Public turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart".

You can also think of it as 

CAPCHA = CAPTURE + GOTCHA

'gotcha' means - I have got you (used to express satisfaction at having captured or defeated someone or uncovered their faults).

This word was coined by Manuel Blum (born 1938) is a professor of computer science at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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