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typeahead

noun

Etymology

From type + ahead.

  1. inherited from *káput✻ — “head”
  2. inherited from *haubudą✻ — “head”
  3. inherited from *haubud✻
  4. inherited from hēafod — “head; top; leader; origin”
  5. inherited from efd
  6. prefixed as ahead — “a + head”
  7. compounded as typeahead — “type + ahead”

Definitions

  1. A feature of computer software (and some typewriters) that enables the user to continue…

    A feature of computer software (and some typewriters) that enables the user to continue typing regardless of program or computer operation, the keystrokes being queued as necessary when the system is busy.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for typeahead. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA