auto-completen.
/ˈɔːtə(ʊ)kəmˌpliːt/, U.S. /ˈɔdoʊkəmˌplit/, /ˈɔdəkəmˌplit/, /ˈɑdoʊkəmˌplit/, /ˈɑdəkəmˌplit/ Chiefly Computing.
A software feature that uses text already entered in a given field to predict or generate the characters the user is likely to enter next. Frequently attributive. Cf. predictive adj. 3.
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1992 A. Benson & G. Aitken OI Programmer's Guide xviii. 21 (caption) Program 18-3 Dialog Box with Automatic Completion (AutoComplete.C).
1995 InfoWorld 12 June 87/2 Excel's new AutoComplete features. As you enter characters in a cell, Excel checks your previous entries and takes intelligent guesses of what you want to enter.
2003 Internet Advisor Nov. 122/3 The program can also protect your privacy by clearing out your Internet history, cache and autocomplete entries.
2010 Slate Mag. (Nexis) 16 Feb. Try to type a text message without auto-complete.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
auto-completev.
/ˌɔːtə(ʊ)kəmˈpliːt/, U.S. /ˌɔdoʊkəmˈplit/, /ˌɔdəkəmˈplit/, /ˌɑdoʊkəmˈplit/, /ˌɑdəkəmˈplit/ Computing.
transitive. To complete (a word, string of characters, etc.) or fill (a field) by means of auto-completion; to use auto-complete for (a word, field, etc.).
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1993 M. B. Shebanek Compl. Guide to Nextstep User Environment xiii. 342 (heading) Auto-completing a pathname.
2000 K. Topley Core Swing Pref. p. xvii The user types and ‘autocompletes’ the field from a list of legal values so that the user may only need to type a small number of characters to select the input value required.
2008 Computer Technol. Jrnl. (Nexis) 6 Nov. With the plug-in installed, contacts are auto-completed when entering in attendee addresses.
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