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Subject:Re: populate From:Beverly Parks <bparks -at- HUACHUCA-EMH1 -dot- ARMY -dot- MIL> Date:Fri, 13 Jan 1995 10:34:49 MST
"Populate" is a fairly common term in the software development
world. You can populate a data base or populate an array, to
name a few examples. However, even though *I* am perfectly
comfortable with it, I don't think I would use it in user
documentation. The average user will "fill in" empty fields and
some fields contain "default values." ("Default values" may be
verging on jargon to some.)
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