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Suppose you were interested in references to the programming language BASIC. The results of a standard search for the term 'BASIC' will consist mainly of instances of the ordinary word 'basic'.

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On the Advanced Search page, entering 'BASIC' and checking the box labelled 'Case-sensitive searching' will result in only instances of 'BASIC' being matched, and none of 'Basic' or 'basic'.

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