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🔢 Set to increase 🔢 To increase automatically 🔢 Automatic increase
autoincrement

autoincrement

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Set to increase by itself so each new record gets a higher number
  • adjective
  • Specialized
: autoincremental
  • The primary key field is set to autoincrement so each new record gets a unique number.

Examples

  • The primary key field is set to autoincrement so each new record gets a unique number.

  • The ID column is set to autoincrement.

  • If you enable the autoincrement option, the database will handle numbering automatically.

  • Developers often use autoincrement columns to simplify record management in large tables.

  • You need to enable autoincrement for the primary key.

  • If you enable the autoincrement option, the database will handle numbering automatically.

  • Developers often use autoincrement columns to simplify record management in large tables.

Surface Forms

autoincrement positive

Morphology

autoincrement = increment (transparent) = auto + increment

The meaning is directly compositional: 'auto-' contributes the sense of automaticity and 'increment' contributes 'increase'.

Etymology

Autoincrement combines auto- ('self' or 'automatic') and increment ('increase'). As an adjective, it describes something set to 'increase' by itself, like a database field that gives each new record a new number automatically.