populating
Adding inhabitants to
Populating is the act of filling something with inhabitants or data.
A species populates a region by establishing itself there.
In computing and databases, populating means filling fields or tables with information: The script is populating the spreadsheet with user data.
A city populates as people move in; a form populates as values are entered.
Those who establish homes
- inhabitantsPermanent occupants of place
- colonistsSettlers in new territory
- pioneersFirst to explore territory
- homesteadersLand-claiming rural settlers
residents · dwellers · occupants · frontier · founding · establishment · migration · immigration
Recording information digitally
- recordsStored data or albums
- fillingMaterial placed within
- inputtingFeeding data into system
- importingReceiving foreign goods
seeding · loading · inserting · fields · tables · spreadsheet · automation · batch processing
Prospering vigorously
- expansionIncrease in scope
- increaseGrowth in amount
- multiplicationProduct-finding operation
- spreadTo distribute widely
proliferation · boom · surge · density · overcrowding · urbanization · demography · census
Copying or procreation
- offspringBiological descendants produced
- spawningReleasing eggs to reproduce
- nestingMaking a dwelling
- fertilityCapacity for reproduction
mating · incubation · gestation · fertilization · progeny · brood · litter · hatchlings
settlers
Those who establish homes
- inhabitantsPermanent occupants of place
- colonistsSettlers in new territory
- pioneersFirst to explore territory
homesteaders · residents · dwellers · occupants · frontier · founding · establishment · migration · immigration · relocation
data entry
Recording information digitally
importing · seeding · loading · inserting · fields · tables · spreadsheet · automation · batch processing · default values
flourishing
Prospering vigorously
- expansionIncrease in scope
- increaseGrowth in amount
- multiplicationProduct-finding operation
spread · proliferation · boom · surge · density · overcrowding · urbanization · demography · census · demographics
reproduction
Copying or procreation
fertility · mating · incubation · gestation · fertilization · progeny · brood · litter · hatchlings · stocking
populatingdepopulating
Reducing a place's inhabitants
emptying · deserting · vacating · abandoning · evacuating
- native populationOriginal residents of place
- city populationInhabitants of a municipality
- population shiftsChanges in where people live
- minority populationsSmaller demographic segments
- population growthIncrease in inhabitants over time
- population explosionRapid growth in inhabitants