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Everything about Autocomplete
Computing feature predicting ending to a word a user is typing
Autocomplete, or word completion, is a feature in which an application predicts the rest of a word a user is typing. In Android and iOS smartphones, this is called predictive text. In graphical user interfaces, users can typically press the tab key to accept a suggestion or the down arrow key to accept one of several. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: AutocompleteA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Trapped in the search box: An examination of algorithmic bias in search engine autocomplete predictionsInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: auto vervollstaendige autocomplete englisch Woerterbuch Luftfahrt MechatronikThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Autocomplete hand-drawn animationsCited 62 times
- Go sideways: Predictive textA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Search suggest drop-down listA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Verb To complete automatically.
Noun A software feature that predicts the rest of a word a user is typing.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Autocomplete hand-drawn animations
Do autocomplete functions reduce the impact of dyslexia on information‐searching behavior? The case of Google
Autocomplete painting repetitions
Algorithmic power and African indigenous languages: search engine autocomplete and the global multilingual Internet
Autocomplete as Research Tool: A Study on Providing Search Suggestions
Search engine liability for autocomplete suggestions: personality, privacy and the power of the algorithm
Age and Gender Stereotypes Reflected in Google’s “Autocomplete” Function: The Portrayal and Possible Spread of Societal Stereotypes
Autocomplete 3D sculpting
🆕 Influential since 2022
Trapped in the search box: An examination of algorithmic bias in search engine autocomplete predictions
The search suggestion effect (SSE): A quantification of how autocomplete search suggestions could be used to impact opinions and votes
The ethical dimensions of Google autocomplete
An Analysis of the Costs and Benefits of Autocomplete in IDEs
How Google Autocomplete Algorithms about Conspiracy Theorists Mislead the Public
📚 Books worth reading
auto vervollstaendige autocomplete englisch Woerterbuch Luftfahrt Mechatronik · 2010
Neuveroeffentlichung August 2010:Autocomplete-Suche von 74000 Mechatronik / Bergbau / Controlling / Luftfahrt / Bautechnik-Woerterbuch-Fachbegriffen (Erweiterung um 25% gegenueber 2009)Markus Wagner · 2010
Technisches Englisch-Deutsch Wörterbuch Automobiltechnik Kraftfahrzeugtechnik Luftfahrt kfz-MechatronikMarkus Wagner · 2010
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