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Subject:RE: Wadda Ya Callit? From:"Scott Browne" <sbrowne -at- unicomp -dot- net> To:TECHWR-L -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com Date:Fri, 21 Jan 2000 20:38:33 -0600
Barry Kieffer wrote:
> OK, listers, what do you call the action when you type a name into a
> list, like the name list in a mail tool, and as you type each character
> the list auto-magically homes into the name you were searching for.
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The closest I can think is "<whatever> Completion". My mail program does
what you describe for e-mail addresses in the To: field. It calls it
"Address Completion". My Web browser uses the term "URL Completion" and
"Address Completion" (since a URL is also called a Web address).
That may not be much help if you're trying for a generic all-encompassing
term. But if it is only for a specific field, maybe it will work.
Good luck.
Scott
sbrowne -at- unicomp -dot- net
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