auto-fill

Automatic data entry

Auto-fill is a software feature that automatically completes form fields or text entries based on previously stored information.

Your browser might auto-fill your name, address, or password when you start typing.

The feature saves time but raises privacy concerns when shared computers remember sensitive data.

Also spelled autofill.

forms

autocomplete

Software-suggested text completion

password · address · credit card · name · email · phone · username · login · checkout · registration

prediction

suggestion

Idea proposed for consideration

keyboard · typing · smart · algorithm · context · history · machine learning · intelligent · recommend · guess

spreadsheet

formula

Fixed method or notation

  • cellBasic unit of life
  • rangeExtent of variation
  • columnVertical structural element

row · Excel · drag · series · pattern · sequence · increment · copy · extend · Google Sheets

Categories
Opposites
automation vs. manual input

auto-fillmanual input

Human-entered data

manual typing · key in · type out

completion vs. deletion

auto-fillerase

Remove recorded marks

wipe

Family

autofill

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G