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completer

completer

6.1
A tool that fills in the rest of words or code as you type
  • noun
  • /kəmˈpliːtər/
  • Specialized
translation icon : autocompletador
  • The code editor has a completer that suggests commands as you type to improve coding efficiency.

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Examples

  • Many programming environments include a completer feature to help users quickly fill in code snippets.

  • As you type a search term, the completer provides you with possible matches to save time.

  • It's called auto complete, which brings us to a segment that we are now calling complete answers to Google Auto complete questions.

  • You type in FA into Google's search engine and it said it will auto complete to Facebook.

  • "At the beginning of the program, in the students' junior year," says Nikirk, a teacher in Washington County Technical's advanced computer applications completer program, "they go through the 16 components of game design," which include concept development, interactive storytelling, writing documentation, developing characters, designing user interfaces, programming, recording audio and video, marketing, and publishing.

    Academic text (2007)

Synonyms

autosuggestion
vscompleter
  • Specialized
1 5.4

Words or phrases that appear while you type to help finish your text

is focused more on actively completing or inserting text across software
to autocomplete
vscompleter
  • Specialized
3.9

To suggest and finish a word or phrase as you type

is broader and covers code and other text beyond simple phrases
auto-suggestion
vscompleter
  • Specialized
4.0

A feature that suggests completions as you type

is applied more widely to tools that actively insert code or text
autosuggest
vscompleter
  • Specialized
4.2

A feature that shows word and phrase suggestions while you type

is used more generally to fill text and handle code completion

How Helpful

completer
  • Specialized
6.1
autofill
  • Specialized
1 3.9
suggestion
759 1.4

Surface Forms

completer singular
completers plural

Morphology

completer = complete (transparent) = complete + er

Formed from the verb 'complete' with '-er' to denote an agent or instrument (here a software feature that completes text), so the relation is directly inferable.

Etymology

Completer for a tool also comes from complete, with com- 'with' and plere 'to fill', like in plenty meaning 'full'. A software completer 'fills in' the rest of a word or code for you, so it finishes your typing automatically.