autofill

Automatic text entry

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

Browsers and phones remember names, addresses, passwords, and credit card numbers to save typing: My browser autofilled the shipping address.

The word works as noun or verb: Turn off autofill for passwords, It autofilled the wrong email.

convenience

autocomplete

Software-suggested text completion

one-click · passwords · addresses · login · checkout · registration · profile · shopping · payment · shipping

prediction

autocomplete

Software-suggested text completion

contextual · adaptive · personalization · anticipation · inference

technology

browser

Web access program

app · mobile · web · digital · Safari · Firefox · LastPass · API · HTML · dropdown

productivity

speed

Rate of motion

spreadsheet · database · CRM · templates · transcription · record-keeping · administrative · clerical

security

passwords

Secret authentication strings

biometric · two-factor · privacy · keychain · identity · verification · syncing

Categories
Opposites
automation level

autofillmanual input

Human-entered data

manual typing · key in · type out · write in

data source

autofillfrom scratch

Starting with nothing prepared

blank slate

automation vs. manual input

autofillmanual input

Human-entered data

typing · user input · transcription · handwriting

Family

fill, filling, fulfill, filled, auto, refill, automatic, automobile, fills

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G