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'''Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart''' or {{Wplink|CAPTCHA}} was invented in 2000 as a means to deter {{Wplink|Internet bot|bots}} and spam on publicly available websites.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Burling |first=Stacey |title=CAPTCHA: The story behind those squiggly computer letters |url=https://phys.org/news/2012-06-captcha-story-squiggly-letters.html |website=Phys.org |date=15 Jun 2012 |access-date= |url-status=~~usurped~~ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120617130133/https://m.phys.org/news/2012-06-captcha-story-squiggly-letters.html |archive-date=17 Jun 2012}}</ref> CAPTCHA tests aim to confirm that the visitor of a website or service is human, usually by presenting a challenge which humans can solve easily, but computer programs cannot. Primary CAPTCHAs used today are [[Google]]'s [[reCAPTCHA]] and hCaptcha.

'''Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart''' or {{Wplink|CAPTCHA}} was invented in 2000 as a means to deter {{Wplink|Internet bot|bots}} and spam on publicly available websites.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Burling |first=Stacey |title=CAPTCHA: The story behind those squiggly computer letters |url=https://phys.org/news/2012-06-captcha-story-squiggly-letters.html |website=Phys.org |date=15 Jun 2012 |access-date= |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120617130133/https://m.phys.org/news/2012-06-captcha-story-squiggly-letters.html |archive-date=17 Jun 2012}}</ref> CAPTCHA tests aim to confirm that the visitor of a website or service is human, usually by presenting a challenge which humans can solve easily, but computer programs cannot. Primary CAPTCHAs used today are [[Google]]'s [[reCAPTCHA]] and hCaptcha.

==Consumer impact summary==

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-'''Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart''' or {{Wplink|CAPTCHA}} was invented in 2000 as a means to deter {{Wplink|Internet bot|bots}} and spam on publicly available websites.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Burling |first=Stacey |title=CAPTCHA: The story behind those squiggly computer letters |url=https://phys.org/news/2012-06-captcha-story-squiggly-letters.html |website=Phys.org |date=15 Jun 2012 |access-date= |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120617130133/https://m.phys.org/news/2012-06-captcha-story-squiggly-letters.html |archive-date=17 Jun 2012}}</ref> CAPTCHA tests aim to confirm that the visitor of a website or service is human, usually by presenting a challenge which humans can solve easily, but computer programs cannot. Primary CAPTCHAs used today are [[Google]]'s [[reCAPTCHA]] and hCaptcha.
+'''Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart''' or {{Wplink|CAPTCHA}} was invented in 2000 as a means to deter {{Wplink|Internet bot|bots}} and spam on publicly available websites.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Burling |first=Stacey |title=CAPTCHA: The story behind those squiggly computer letters |url=https://phys.org/news/2012-06-captcha-story-squiggly-letters.html |website=Phys.org |date=15 Jun 2012 |access-date= |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120617130133/https://m.phys.org/news/2012-06-captcha-story-squiggly-letters.html |archive-date=17 Jun 2012}}</ref> CAPTCHA tests aim to confirm that the visitor of a website or service is human, usually by presenting a challenge which humans can solve easily, but computer programs cannot. Primary CAPTCHAs used today are [[Google]]'s [[reCAPTCHA]] and hCaptcha.
 ==Consumer impact summary==