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Subject:RE: Is there an "official" term for this process? From:MAGGIE SECARA <SECARAM -at- mainsaver -dot- com> To:TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>, "'John Posada'" <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com> Date:Wed, 15 Dec 1999 13:54:16 -0800
autocomplete?
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> From: John Posada[SMTP:jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com]
> Reply To: John Posada
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> What I need the name for is the following process:
>
> Start typing in the first field. As you enter letters
> in the first field, the selection on the list in the
> second field gets reduced to match with what is being
> typed in the first field.
>
> What is the name for this "process"?
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