Definition of autofill
: a software feature that automatically enters previously stored information (such as a user's name or address) into a data field (as in a spreadsheet or on a web page)
She uses bookmarks and the autofill feature on her computer to enter an assortment of sweepstakes, some daily, some monthly, some just once.— Mary Hance
also
: auto-complete
"The Dress" is still trending on Twitter and Facebook. I typed "the" into my Google search engine and the first autofill suggestion was "the dress." — Michelle Goodman
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The first known use of autofill was in 1991
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