Re: Character Recognition - Logins Etc..

From: Guy Macon (http://www.guymacon.com)
Date: 08/04/04


Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2004 08:22:12 -0700

Mike Curry <news_spam@mjcsoftware.com> says...

>What is the proper name (or common names) for technolgy that displays a
>distorted image of text and asks the user to confirm what they see?

It is called a "Captcha" (Completely Automated Public Turing test
to tell Computers and Humans Apart).

 -Guy Macon <http://www.guymacon.com>



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